Margaret Snodgrass Harding

Background

Margaret Snodgrass was born on January 6, 1885, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of James Hathorn and Florence (Bearce) Snodgrass.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Indiana U., 1904, A.M., 1911. Graduate student University of Minnesota, 1921-1922.

Career

Samuel B. Harding, May 2, 1918 (died 1927). Children—John, Margaret, Mary Katherine. Teacher high schools, Bloomington, Indiana, Indianapolis, and Chicago, 1904-1918.

Executive secretary Department Women in Industry, Women’s Committee of the National Council of Defense, 1918. 1st national secretary American Federal of Teachers, 1916-1918. Instructor history, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1924-1926.

Editor, managing editor and director University of Minnesota Press since 1927. Appointed to National Commission on Children and Youth of the United States Children’s Bureau, 1946.

Membership

Member Zonta, National Women’s Trade Union League, American Association of University Women, Minnesota History Society, League of Women Voters, Kappa Alpha Theta.

Connections

Married Professor; children: John, Margaret, Mary Katherine.

Father:

James Hathorn Snodgrass

Mother:

Florence (Bearce) Snodgrass

Spouse:

Professor

child:

Margaret Harding

child:

John Harding

child:

Mary Katherine Harding