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Silent City 2025 - getting to know Marshall Todd

By Linda Waggener

Mary Marshall Paull Todd was called Marshall all her life. She was a fifth grade teacher. While she and her husband Charles (Chokie) Todd had no children of their own, she felt that every single young student was her child to encourage and help.

She was a feminist who called herself a defender of her family heritage, her Cumberland Union Presbyterian Church on Burkesville Street, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Democrat party.


Late in her life, a reporter asked Marshall what she might advise young women from her experience? She was troubled that, while women were able to vote and own land, still they weren't safe from physical abuse in their own homes and had not moved near equal pay for equal work.

After a few moments thought, Marshall said, "I'd advise young women to get the education that would train them to have a good job, to be able to stand on their own feet and have healthy self esteem, and I'd advise them to take self-defense classes."

She was a realist and a wonderful mentor and friend.


This story was posted on 2025-10-16 11:07:31
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Silent City 2025: Linda Waggener as Marshall Todd



2025-10-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mike Watson.
Linda Marcum Waggener brought Mary Marshall Paull Todd to life during the 2025 Silent City tour of the Columbia Cemetery.

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