Mary Strassmeyer was an award-winning journalist before pursuing her law degree and entering private practice,. She wrote an internationally-syndicated cartoon before finding fame with her coverage of Cleveland’s high society in her Plain Dealer column ‘Today,’ later called ‘Mary, Mary,’ which was praised by The New York Times and Town & Country. In 1976, she was honored by The Intown Club of Cleveland for her contribution to civic and cultural projects and in 1979, she started a weekly radio show that ran for 10 years. WomenSpace, a local nonprofit coalition that addressed “issues affecting women and families,” honored her in 1986, making her the first recipient of the WomenSpace media award for her support of women’s issues and organizations. In 1994 she was posthumously inducted into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame.