Archibald, Margaret Morton, 1899-1983.

Margaret Morton Archibald, Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) educational missionary to Japan, was born April 1, 1899 in Birmingham, Alabama.

From 1918 to 1921 she was an elementary school teacher in Birmingham. In 1923 she left for Southwestern College (Clarksville, Tenn.) to pursue a bachelor's degree, eventually graduating from Howard College (Birmingham, Ala.) in 1925. In 1928 she was appointed to the PCUS Japan mission, and sailed in late August. After two years of language study in Tokyo, she was assigned to Kinjo Gakuin, a school for girls in Nagoya. In 1941, upon the United States' entry into the Second World War, Archibald left Japan for Mississippi State College for Women (Columbus, Miss.) to serve as Presbyterian Student Director. She returned to Kinjo in 1947, and continued to teach there until her retirement in 1969. Upon her retirement, Archibald returned to Birmingham, where she was an active member of South Highland Presbyterian Church. She was struck by an automobile and killed October 12, 1983.