Margaret Tupper True

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

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
ParentEllen Smith Tupper
RelativesEliza Tupper Wilkes, Mila Tupper Maynard, Kate Tupper Galpin (sisters)

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. "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. "Allen True's mother's diary in Smithsonian Exhibit". Allen Tupper True, an American Artist; Official Site. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  15. Who's who in Engineering. John W. Leonard Corporation. 1922. p. 1281.
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