Margaret Tupper True
Margaret Tupper True | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margaret Allen Tupper 1858 |
| Died | January 10, 1926 Denver, Colorado |
| Known for | president of the Denver School Board, 1906-1908 |
| Children | Allen Tupper True |
| Parent | Ellen Smith Tupper |
| Relatives | Eliza 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
[edit]Margaret Allen Tupper was born in 1858, the daughter of Allen Tupper and Ellen Smith Tupper.[1][2] Her father was a Protestant minister; her mother was a writer and editor, and an expert beekeeper.[3][4][2] Her sisters included Unitarian ministers Eliza Tupper Wilkes and Mila Tupper Maynard,[5][2] and educator Kate Tupper Galpin.[6][2] Aged 14 she became the vice-president of the "State Poultry Association" in Iowa.[2]
Career
[edit]Margaret Tupper taught school in Colorado Springs as a young woman.[7] She (and three of her sisters) spoke at the Woman's Congress in San Francisco in 1894.[8] 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".[9] She was the elected president of the Denver School Board from 1906 to 1908,[10] 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.[11] She worked for the abolition of secret societies among students in Denver.[12][13]
Personal life
[edit]Margaret Allen Tupper married Henry Alphonso True (1837-1925). Their eldest son was illustrator and muralist Allen Tupper True (1881-1955).[14][15] Their other sons were Henry A. True (born 1883) and James Beaman True (born 1887), both civil engineers.[16] She died at home in Denver in 1926, aged 67 years. Her grave is with her husband's and sons', in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[7] Her diary was part of an exhibit at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in Washington, D.C. in 2014 and 2015.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e Mielewczik, Michael; Jowett, Kelly; Moll, Janine (2019). "Beehives, Booze and Suffragettes: The "Sad Case" of Ellen S. Tupper (1822–1888), the "Bee Woman" and "Iowa Queen Bee"". Entomologie heute. 31: 113–227.
- ^ "Eliza Tupper Wilkes". Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ "A Remarkable Woman Gone". Pacific Rural Press. March 24, 1888. p. 254. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Mila Tupper Maynard". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ "Kate Tupper Galpin Dies in Los Angeles". Salt Lake Telegram. February 1, 1906. p. 4. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Noted Coloradan, Mother of Denver Mural Artist, Dies". Arizona Republic. January 11, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Woman's Council". The San Francisco Call. May 1, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mothers' Congress". The Salt Lake Herald. July 1, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Notes from America". Womanhood. 17: 159. February 1907.
- ^ "Southwestern States". Journal of Education. 74: 179. August 16, 1906.
- ^ "Untitled news item". Midland Schools. 22: 118. December 1907.
- ^ "Denver and Secret Societies". The School Journal. 75: 332. October 12, 1907.
- ^ Rinaldi, Ray Mark (2009-09-24). "Allen Tupper True: The West's True Visionary". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ a b "Allen True's mother's diary in Smithsonian Exhibit". Allen Tupper True, an American Artist; Official Site. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ Who's who in Engineering. John W. Leonard Corporation. 1922. p. 1281.
External links
[edit]- A diary kept by Margaret Tupper True, 1881-1891, in the Allen Tupper True and True family papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Margaret Tupper True at Find a Grave
