Margaret Allen Tupper True (1858 – January 10, 1926) was an American educator. She was president of the

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School Board from 1906 to 1908.

Early life

Margaret Allen Tupper was born in 1858, the daughter of Allen Tupper and Ellen Smith Tupper. Her father was a

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minister; her mother was a writer and editor, and an expert

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. Her sisters included Unitarian ministers

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and

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, and educator

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Career

Margaret Tupper taught school in

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as a young woman. She (and three of her sisters) spoke at the Woman's Congress in San Francisco in 1894. 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". She was the elected president of the Denver School Board from 1906 to 1908, 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 ''

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''. She worked for the abolition of secret societies among students in Denver.

Personal life

Margaret Allen Tupper married Henry Alphonso True (1837-1925). Their eldest son was illustrator and muralist

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(1881-1955). Their other sons were Henry A. True (born 1883) and James Beaman True (born 1887), both civil engineers. She died at home in Denver in 1926, aged 67 years. Her grave is with her husband's and sons', in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her diary was part of an exhibit at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in

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in 2014 and 2015.

References

External links

A diary kept by Margaret Tupper True, 1881-1891
in the Allen Tupper True and True family papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. * {{DEFAULTSORT:True, Margaret Tupper 1858 births 1926 deaths American educators People from Denver