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Title
Margaret D. Scott, 1920s
Alternative Title
Margaret Scott
Contributor
Williams, G. Edwin
Date Created and/or Issued
[1920s]
1920/1930
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Margaret "Maggie" Scott founded Scott's Hall (a social hall for meetings and dancing) with her husband John. She was a pioneer member of First AME Church, and took active roles in the development of the church, co-founding of the Sojourner Truth Industrial Club in 1904, and was a guiding force in the NAACP fundraising drives of the 1920s.
Studio portrait of Margaret D. Scott.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b13_f08_002a.tif
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Subject
African American civic leaders
Scott, Margaret D., 1862-1969
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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