McMahon, Margaret Helen, 1909-1960.
Born in 1909 in Pennsylvania, Margaret Helen McMahon was raised in Gary, Indiana, and attended Longwood Academy and the Pestalozzi-Froebel Teachers College in Chicago. During World War II she served as a lieutenant in the WAVEs. After the war she joined the State Department and served as embassy staff in Europe, Asia, and Africa. She died April 15, 1960, from viral hepatitis, contracted during her overseas service.
From the description of Margaret Helen McMahon Foreign Service Letters, 1943-1961. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 759173083
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| creatorOf | McMahon, Margaret Helen, 1909-1960. Margaret Helen McMahon Foreign Service Letters, 1943-1961. | Southern Illinois University, Morris Library |
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