Background
Latimer, Margaret Kinard was born on May 20, 1926 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Francis Marion and Anna Rice (Sloan) Kinard.
Latimer, Margaret Kinard was born on May 20, 1926 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Francis Marion and Anna Rice (Sloan) Kinard.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Agnes Scott College, 1947. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1948. Postgraduate, University Illinois, 1954.
Editorial assistant Institute Early American History & Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1948. Assistant editor William & Mary Quarterly, 1948—1951, associate editor, 1952. Assistant editor Engineering Experiment Station University Illinois, 1952—1955.
Instructor to associate professor political science Auburn University, Alabama, since 1966. Consultant United States Commission Civil Rights, Washington, 1982—1983, Joint Center Political Studies, Washington, since 1984, Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, Alabama, since 1985. With, local news media elections, since 1983.
Member of League of Women Voters (board directors Alabama 1960), Alabama Political Science Association, Southwest Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, American Political Science Association, Pi Sigma Alpha (Outstanding Professor award 1981), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Paul Henry Latimer, August 16, 1952. Children: Margaret, Marianne, Susan.