Researching Margaret Clapp
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1114 people with the Clapp surname? In that year Clapp was ranked number 2488 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Margaret means "child of light" and is of Persian origin.
Records of Margaret Clapp on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Margaret Clapp and the Clapp Family History
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Clapp Family History Databases
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Margaret Clapp
Margaret Antoinette Clapp (April 10, 1910 – May 3, 1974) was an American scholar, educator and Pulitzer Prize winner. She was the president of Wellesley College from 1949-1966.
During her presidency, she was able to make many improvements to the college campus by increasing the number of faculty members and increasing financial aid for students. Other accomplishments of note during her tenure construction and remodeling of major campus buildings as well as increasing the college endowment fund.alt=Margaret Clapp with Indian Prime Minister, his daughter, and the Indian ambassador to the U.S.A.|thumb|In October 1949, the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, visited Wellesley College with his daughter, Shrimati Indira Gandhi. In this image, they are pictured on the step of the President's House on Wellesley College's campus. (Margaret Clapp is pictured second from the left).After her presidency, she moved to India in order to experience a new culture, stating that living in a different country with a different culture gave her a new perspective on her own culture. During her time there, she became the Minister Counselor of Public Affairs for the United States Embassy, becoming the first woman to hold such a position. In addition, she was the chief cultural officer for the United States Information Service India for three years. She was also the principal of the Lady Doak College in Madurai for two years. She stayed in India until 1971, when she returned to her Berkshire home to retire.
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