Broadbent, Margaret, 1917-
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Margaret Elizabeth Broadbent was born on January 21, 1917 in Plymouth, Massachusetts to Wilfred O. Broadbent, district manager of a coal company, and Alice Sweet Cole Broadbent. She grew up in Edgewood, Rhode Island, attended Cranston (Rhode Island) High School from 1930 to 1934, and went to Mount Holyoke College from 1934 to 1938. She majored in English Language and Literature with a minor in Latin and received her B.A. in 1938. She then attended the Katherine Gibbs School for secretarial training in Rhode Island and in 1939 worked as Assistant to the Child Health Secretary in New Jersey. The following year she moved to New York City where she worked as an editorial assistant and clerk at the Rockafeller Institute for Medical Research through 1956. She has belonged to and directed the Adirondack Mountain Club and the Mount Holyoke College Club of New York City, and was a member of the Nominating Committee for the General Alumnae Association, 1958-1960. After retiring, she developed a workshop in publishing that she conducted at local colleges.
Editorial assistant. Born January 21, 1917 in Plymouth, Massachusetts to Wilfred O. Broadbent and Alice Sweet Cole Broadbent. She attended Cranston (Rhode Island) High School (1930-1934), Mount Holyoke College (1934-1938) and Katherine Gibbs School. Employed as editorial assistant and clerk at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1940-1956). Member Adirondack Mountain Club and Mount Holyoke College Club of New York City, and of the Nominating Committee for the General Alumnae Association (1958-1960). After retiring, developed a workshop in publishing that she conducted at local colleges.
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