Margaret Louise Swett Henson (January 3, 1924 – January 22, 2001) was a historian, archivist, and author specializing in 19th-century
Texas history.
Biography
Born Margaret Louise Swett on January 3, 1924, to William Claude and Clara (née Kaufman) Swett in Chicago, she was raised near Chicago and attended
Glenbard High School. She enrolled at the
University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
in 1941, but did not graduate.
Henson earned her bachelor’s degree from the
University of Houston
The University of Houston (UH) is a public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the university in Texas with over 47,000 students. Its campus, which is primarily in s ...
in 1962, her master’s degree in 1969, and her doctorate in history in 1974. She was an archivist and taught history at the
University of Houston–Clear Lake
The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) is a public university in Pasadena and Houston, Texas, with branch campuses in Pearland and Texas Medical Center. It is part of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1971, UHCL had ...
.
Henson’s research and writing focused on the
Texas Revolution and the
Republic of Texas.
Henson was a member of the Tejano Association for Historic Preservation.
Henson married twice. She married Bill Nowotny in 1943, a union which produced two daughters. Margaret and Bill divorced about seven years later. She married J. Scott Henson in 1951. They had three sons.
Henson died on January 22, 2001, and was interred at Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston.
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University of Houston alumni
University of Houston faculty
American archivists
American women historians
1924 births
2001 deaths
American women biographers
Texas State Historical Association presidents
20th-century American historians
20th-century American biographers
21st-century American women writers
Writers from Chicago
Historians from Illinois
Historians of Texas
Female archivists
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