Margaret Feldman (1916-2009) was born in Pittsburg, Pa., on 11 Sept. 1916. She grew up in southern California and attended college there, receiving her B.A. In 1939 she completed her masters in social work and married her husband, Harold Feldman, a few years later in 1943. They had three children during their forty-four year marriage. Soon after their marriage, the Feldmans moved to Ithaca, N.Y., where Harold Feldman a position as a professor of psychology at Cornell University. In 1964, Margaret Feldman received her Ph. D. in educational psychology from Cornell and became a faculty member at the University of Ithaca. The Feldmans retired to Washington D.C., in 1981 and settled down in the River Park cooperative in Southwest D.C. Despite her retirement, Feldman became an accomplished community activist and organizer. She worked on aging and family policy with Congress, and spent some time working with women's lobbyist groups. After her husband's death in 1988, Feldman became involved in her community. She served on numerous neighborhood boards and committees, and was an advocated for her community and for the development of Southwest neighborhoods in D.C. She also put her organizational skills to use and helped develop and implement the Southwest Heritage Trail in D.C. She also organized River Parks 25th Anniversary celebration, the 2001 Waterfront/Southwest parade, and was elected president of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly in 1989 for a three year term, among other things. She died in 2009.
From the description of Margaret Feldman collection, 1982-2009. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 676694917
