Background
Gerry, Margarita Spalding was born on July 28, 1870 in Washington, District of Columbia. Daughter of Harvey and Sophia (Hutchinson) Spalding.
Gerry, Margarita Spalding was born on July 28, 1870 in Washington, District of Columbia. Daughter of Harvey and Sophia (Hutchinson) Spalding.
Bachelor of Science, Wellesley, 1891.
Teacher in high schools, Washington, District of Columbia, 1892-1898. Member School Board, Washington, District of Columbia, 1915-1920. Educational work for foreign-born in the United States bureau of Naturalization, 1918-1920.
Active in local work for new citizens, since 1918.
Member The Literary,” Wellesley Alumnae Association, Woman’s Alliance, District League of Women Voters. Club: Twentieth Century.
Married Philip Fusting Gerry, of Catonsville, Maryland., and Washington, District of Columbia, July 11, 1898 (died May 1908). Children: Harvey Spalding, Marjorie Spofford (Mistress Waldemar J. Gallman), Philippa Fusting (Mistress Frederick Allen Whiting, Junior.