Background
Childs, Margaretta Pringle was born on September 29, 1912 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Ernest Henry and Eleanor Thomas (McColl) Childs.
Childs, Margaretta Pringle was born on September 29, 1912 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Ernest Henry and Eleanor Thomas (McColl) Childs.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1940. Master in Librarianship, Emory University, 1967.
Library. Boulder Bluff Elementary School, Welch Medical Library., Baltimore, 1968—1970, Pennsylvania State University, 1970—1974. Archivist, curator rare books College Charleston, 1974—1978. Archivist Charleston, 1974—1977.
Field archivist South Carolina History Society, since 1978. Member executive committee Avery Institute Afro-American History, since 1981.
Secretary, executive committee Charleston Interracial Committee, 1947—1958. Board directors American Civil Liberties Union, State College, 1972—1974, Charleston, 1976—1982. Co-founder, member Amnesty I, Charleston, since 1978.
Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (executive committee member).
Married St. Julien Ravenel Childs, September 18, 1935 (deceased March 1983). Children: Elisabeth Ernest, Harriott, Eleanor.