Margaret Tupper True

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Margaret Tupper True
Born
Margaret Allen Tupper

1858
DiedJanuary 10, 1926
Denver, Colorado
Known forpresident of the Denver School Board, 1906-1908
ChildrenAllen Tupper True
Parent(s)Ellen Smith Tupper
RelativesEliza Tupper Wilkes, Mila Tupper Maynard, Kate Tupper Galpin (sisters)

Margaret Allen Tupper True (1858 – January 10, 1926) was an American educator. She was president of the Denver School Board from 1906 to 1908.

Early life[]

Margaret Allen Tupper was born in 1858, the daughter of Allen Tupper and Ellen Smith Tupper.[1] Her father was a Protestant minister; her mother was a writer and editor, and an expert beekeeper.[2][3] Her sisters included Unitarian ministers Eliza Tupper Wilkes and Mila Tupper Maynard,[4] and educator Kate Tupper Galpin.[5]

Career[]

Margaret Tupper taught school in Colorado Springs as a young woman.[6] She (and three of her sisters) spoke at the Woman's Congress in San Francisco in 1894.[7] She presented at the Mothers' Congress of Utah in 1898, as president of the Educational Alliance of Denver, on "Sister Professions: The Home and School".[8] She was the elected president of the Denver School Board from 1906 to 1908,[9] and was head of the district's truancy department. "For the first time in a city of the first class a woman has been elected president of the school board," announced the Journal of Education.[10] She worked for the abolition of secret societies among students in Denver.[11][12]

Personal life[]

Margaret Allen Tupper married Henry Alphonso True (1837-1925). Their eldest son was illustrator and muralist Allen Tupper True (1881-1955).[13][14] Their other sons were Henry A. True (born 1883) and James Beaman True (born 1887), both civil engineers.[15] She died at home in Denver in 1926, aged 67 years. Her grave is with her husband's and sons', in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[6] Her diary was part of an exhibit at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in Washington, D.C. in 2014 and 2015.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Porter, Florence Collins; Trask, Helen Brown (1913). Maine Men and Women in Southern California: A Volume Regarding the Lives of Maine Men and Women of Note and Substantial Achievement, as Well as Those of a Younger Generation Whose Careers are Certain, Yet Still in the Making. Kingsley, Mason & Collins. p. 86.
  2. ^ "Eliza Tupper Wilkes". Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  3. ^ "A Remarkable Woman Gone". Pacific Rural Press. March 24, 1888. p. 254. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  4. ^ "Mila Tupper Maynard". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  5. ^ "Kate Tupper Galpin Dies in Los Angeles". Salt Lake Telegram. February 1, 1906. p. 4. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Noted Coloradan, Mother of Denver Mural Artist, Dies". Arizona Republic. January 11, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Woman's Council". The San Francisco Call. May 1, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Mothers' Congress". The Salt Lake Herald. July 1, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Notes from America". Womanhood. 17: 159. February 1907.
  10. ^ "Southwestern States". Journal of Education. 74: 179. August 16, 1906.
  11. ^ "Untitled news item". Midland Schools. 22: 118. December 1907.
  12. ^ "Denver and Secret Societies". The School Journal. 75: 332. October 12, 1907.
  13. ^ Rinaldi, Ray Mark (2009-09-24). "Allen Tupper True: The West's True Visionary". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  14. ^ a b "Allen True's mother's diary in Smithsonian Exhibit". Allen Tupper True, an American Artist; Official Site. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  15. ^ Who's who in Engineering. John W. Leonard Corporation. 1922. p. 1281.

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