From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Margaret Clapp
Margaret Clapp
Margaret Antoinette Clapp (April 10, 1910 - 1974) was an Madurai, India, then as United States cultural attaché to
American scholar and educator of great acclaim. India, then as minister-councilor of public affairs in the
United States Information Agency until her retirement in
Career 1971. The library at Wellesley is named for her.[3]
Clapp was born in East Orange, New Jersey and graduated
from East Orange High School in 1926 and Wellesley Col-
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lege in 1930. She taught English literature at the Tod- [1] ^ Margaret Antoinette Clapp Encyclopedia of world
hunter School for Girls in New York City for twelve years Biography
while working on her Masters degree, which she ob- [2] Wellesley Class of 1930 Wellesley College
tained from Columbia University in 1937.[1] [3] The Margaret Clapp Library Wellesley College
During and after World War II, she taught history Library
at City College of New York, Douglass College, Columbia Persondata
University, and Brooklyn College. Her doctoral disserta-
Name Clapp, Margaret
tion at Columbia grew into the biography Forgotten First
Citizen: John Bigelow published in 1947 and winner of the Alternative names
Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1948.[1][2] Short description
While she was president of Wellesley College from Date of birth April 10, 1910
1949 until her retirement in 1966, the college’s resources
Place of birth
and facilities were expanded substantially. Clapp was a
strong advocate of careers for women. Date of death 1974
After leaving Wellesley, Clapp served briefly as ad- Place of death
ministrator of Lady Doak College, a women’s college in
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