Peggy Craft Hall

Background

Hall, Peggy Craft was born on March 8, 1942 in Jenkins, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Ulysses Simpson Fitzhugh and Bernice Spradling Craft.

Education

Bachelor with high distinction, University Kentucky, Lexington, 1963. Master of Arts, Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida, 1968. Postgraduate, University South Florida, Tampa.

Career

English teacher Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, Kentucky, 1963—1964, Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Florida, 1964—1994. Poet, since 1994

Curriculum writer Dade County Public Schools, 1991—1994. Adjunct instructor English Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 1981.

Music consultant, pianist Abaco Cultural Society, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas, since 1986. Poetry judge New River Poets/WITA, Florida, 2005—2006, Illinois, 2005—2006.

Achievements

• Peggy Craft Hall has been listed as a noteworthy poet, secondary school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-sponsor human relations committee Norland Senior High School, Miami, 1972—1973. Chair marriage and divorce task force National Organization of Women, 1973. Founding director, music consultant, resident editor Crystal Parrot Players, since 1996.

Editor bulletin South Miami Music Club, 1994—1997. Member of Women in the Arts, Pennsylvania Poetry Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Piano, travel, theater, reading.

Connections

Married Richard Dale Hall (divorced 1969). 1 child Derron Keith.