Marshall, Margaret, 1900-1974.

Margaret Marshall was born on October 7, 1900, in Ogden, Utah. She was educated in Utah, held secretarial positions, served as editorial assistant on the staff of New Masses, worked for The Nation from 1927 to 1952, and sat on the board of editors of The American Man of Letters series. She married Hal Saunders White in 1925, had one child, was divorced in 1937, and died in Upland, California, on February 1, 1974.

From the description of Margaret Marshall papers, 1805-1980 (inclusive), 1930-1974 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702131622

Margaret Alice Marshall was born in Ogden, Utah, on October 7, 1900, the daughter of Griffin Stith Marshall and Kate Wasserman Parke Marshall. After her graduation from Ogden High School in 1917 she entered the University of Utah, where she remained for two years. She then took a job as secretary to the editor of The Daily Missoulian and Sentinel in Missoula, Montana, and attended the University of Missoula.

In 1925 Marshall worked for six months as secretary to Freda Kircheway, managing editor of The Nation, and married Hal Saunders White. In the fall of 1925 she and White went to New Haven, where White was an instructor in English at Yale University, and Margaret Marshall worked as a secretary for Ellsworth Huntington. The following year she was employed as executive secretary at the Manassas School in Virginia.

In 1927 Margaret Marshall took a job as an editorial assistant on the staff of the New Masses . She remained there for a year and then accepted a position as an editorial assistant to Freda Kircheway at The Nation . She was promoted to associate editor the following year. Marshall remained in this position until the birth of her daughter, Judith Parke White, in June 1931. After a leave of absence Marshall returned to The Nation and became publicity director and film critic. She remained an associate editor until the summer of 1937 when she became literary editor. Margaret Marshall and Hal Saunders White were divorced that same year.

In addition to being in charge of the book section of The Nation, she also sat on the board of editors of The American Men of Letters series from 1944 until the series ended in 1952. She took a leave of absence from The Nation in 1946 to write a book about Constance Rourke for the series. The series ended before the book was completed.

Margaret Marshall remained with The Nation until January 1953 when she was fired for her anti-communist views. She then took a position with Harcourt-Brace Jovanovich as an editor, remaining with the firm until her retirement in 1967. She spent the remaining years of her life working on her autobiography, An American Memoir, and resided in Paris, New York, and California. Margaret Marshall died of cancer in Upland, California on February 1, 1974.

From the guide to the Margaret Marshall papers, 1805-1980 (inclusive), 1930-1974, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)