Background
Hance (born Margaret Taylor) was born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, to Glen C. and Helen Kenny Taylor, the youngest of three children. She grew up active in athletics.
Hance (born Margaret Taylor) was born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, to Glen C. and Helen Kenny Taylor, the youngest of three children. She grew up active in athletics.
Scripps College.
She proved popular, winning four consecutive two-year terms, from 1976 to 1983. She was a Girl Scout in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned a Bachelor"s degree from Scripps College in Claremont, California, in 1945. Mistress Hance was the president of the Junior League of Phoenix, a volunteer organization for women who want to improve the community, from 1959-1960.
In 1967, Hance began producing documentaries for a local Public Broadcasting Service affiliate.
Among her first significant public initiatives was creating the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, for which she was unofficially known as the "Mother of Mountain Preserve." After retiring as mayor, Hance worked with the Reagan and Bush (I) administrations. Hance died of cancer on April 29, 1990.
Woman of the Year, 1978, Advertising Club.