The Lexington Herald had the following to say of her when she was on its editorial staff:
The journalistic work seems to be the calling of Miss Britton. No other field would suit her so well. In manner and style her composition is equal to any of her sex, white or black. As an elocutionist she stands next in rank to the accomplished Hallie Q. Brown. No literary programme gotten up by the Lexingtonians is complete with- out the rendition of some choice selection by her—Miss Britton. She is a hard student, a great reader, and a lover of poetry. Miss Britton is an acknowledged teacher of high intellectual attainments.
The American Catholic Tribune, Cincinnati, says of her:
It is with pleasure that we call the attention of our readers to a paper read by that talented young woman and rising journalist, Miss Mary E. Britton, at the State Teachers' Institute held in Danville, Ky., last week. Without commenting on the terms it proposes, we give it to the public for careful perusal.
The Christian Soldier (Lexington, Ky.) also thus refers to her:
Miss Mary K. Britton is one of the brightest stars which shine in Dr. .Simmons' great magazine. Our Women and Children, and the magnitude of those stars is national. Lexington never gets left when it comes to pure, good and sensible women.
Suffice it to say that we need among us more such staunch and invincible champions of the cause of right and of equal justice to all men. Miss Britton well deserves the place she occupies in the hearts of her people at home as well as throughout this country wherever she is known. Who can predict her future?
