MARGARET FOWLER DUNAWAY

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Dates:
Active 1922
Active 1964

Biographical notes:

Margaret Fowler, a descendant on her mother's side of the Widener family of Philadelphia, was a native of Missouri and spent most of her life in St. Louis and in Boonville, Missouri, with a short period of residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1931-1932. She traveled widely in the United States in the 1930s and in Europe, 1949-1951, writing about her travels in her journals and letters, and in travel articles. She married Maurice Don Carlos Dunaway (died 1959), an American of Spanish background; they had three children: Don Carlos Dunaway, Dorothy Elizabeth Dunaway, and Joan Dunaway. MFD was a member of the Christian Science Church, an affiliation which is reflected strongly in her writings.

Her published works include a volume of poetry, Hidden Lamps (St. Louis: Clark-Sprague, 1936); individual poems in the London Poetry Review and Poetry of Today; and several travel articles in the Boonville Daily News.

From the guide to the Papers, 1922-1964, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

A published poet, Missouri native, and member of the Christian Science Church, Dunaway traveled widely in the U.S. in the 1930s, in Europe, 1949-1951, and published several travel articles in the Boonville Daily News. She married Maurice Don Carlos Dunaway; they had three children.

From the description of Papers, 1922-1964 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006581

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Subjects:

  • Travel
  • Child rearing
  • Children
  • Christian Science
  • Family records
  • Poetry

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  • Poets

Places:

  • The West (as recorded)
  • Europe (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)
  • Kuwait (as recorded)
  • Argentina (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)
  • Europe (as recorded)
  • Cambridge (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Argentina (as recorded)
  • Missouri (as recorded)
  • Kuwait (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)