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Margaret Elizabeth Haughawout

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Birth	:	21 Sep 1874 Fairmont, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	27 Dec 1964 Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Fairmont Cemetery, Fairmont, Fillmore County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6267014, -97.5674973
Plot	:	Blk 3 Lot 1 Space 9
Description	:	Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Emma and Joseph Haughawout, was born at Fairmont, Neb., September 21, 1874. She died at Pittsburg, Kas., December 27, 1964. She graduated from the Fairmont high school. After teaching in rural schools several years, she graduated from Hastings college. She later received her Master's Degree from the University of Nebraska. She served as dean of women at Hastings college and at Alma, Mich., both Presbyterian colleges. After serving one term as superintendent of Fillmore county schools, she went to Pittsburg, Kas., and taught in the English department of Kansas State... Read More	Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Emma and Joseph Haughawout, was born at Fairmont, Neb., September 21, 1874. She died at Pittsburg, Kas., December 27, 1964. She graduated from the Fairmont high school. After teaching in rural schools several years, she graduated from Hastings college. She later received her Master's Degree from the University of Nebraska. She served as dean of women at Hastings college and at Alma, Mich., both Presbyterian colleges. After serving one term as superintendent of Fillmore county schools, she went to Pittsburg, Kas., and taught in the English department of Kansas State College until she retired. She continued making her home there until her death. Three brothers, preceded her in death, George Linton, Joseph Henderson and John Franklin. She is survived by a brother, Lifferd Lease of Seattle, Wash., and a sister, Mrs. Harry W. Smith of Fairmont, Neb. Funeral services were conducted from the Kritner-Farmer Funeral Home in Fairmont, December 30, at 2 o'clock, with Rev. Stuart Maynard officiating. Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Federal Bridgman, accompanied by Mrs. Rolland Hall. Pallbearers were Disney Atwood Sr., Floyd Gunlack, Robert Halsey, Floyd Lott, Hubert McClellan and Neil Priefert. Nebraska Signal January 7th, 1965 page 4. --------------------------------- ALSO: Born in Fairmont, Nebraska, on September 21, 1874, Margaret Elizabeth Haughawout started her academic career by receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska, in 1900 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1903. From 1903 to 1906 she was an Instructor of English at Hastings College and a Professor of English at Alma College, Alma, Michigan, from 1906 to 1911. From 1911 to 1919 she was Dean of Women at Knox School for Girls in Tarrytown, New York. In 1919 she was elected the County Superintendent of Schools for Filmore County, Nebraska, serving until 1923. She came to the Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, now Pittsburg State University, in 1923 as an Associate Professor of English. She retired from that position in 1934 but returned to the classroom as an instructor of English from 1945 to 1951. Margaret Haughawout died on December 28, 1964. Ms. Haughawout, in addition to her teaching, also published numerous poems, short stories, and professional articles under her own name and pseudonyms. In 1929 a collection of her poems was published under the title Sheep's Clothing. Most of the creative writing activity of Pittsburg centered around Haughawout. In addition to regular classes, she inaugurated the "Monday Nighters," a group of students who met regularly with her in her home, usually on Monday nights, for the purpose of reading their manuscripts. The group had no official name, no organization, no dues, officers, or insignia. Yet students vied for invitations to become part of the group and from them came works published in the Saturday Review of Literature, Braithwaite's Anthologies of Magazine Verse, and numerous poetry journals, magazines, and newspapers. In 1930 Ms. Haughawout edited and published Pittsburg College Verse, 1924-1930, a collection of the best work of her creative writing classes and the "Monday Nighters." Although Ms. Haugawout gave every attention to her students, this did not require all of her time. Saving money for trips to Europe, she was able to keep up with the absolute latest in continental literature, which she shared with her classes. Long an individualist, in 1930 her fiery spirit led her to buy a man's suit, tie and all, which she wore to classes, parties, and other functions. This act was not a mere test of peer response, but also empirical research for an article she intended to write on men's clothing. She concluded that it was comfortable, economical, and practical. The reverberations of a lady wearing pants, however, went all the way to the college President's office, where Ms. Haughawout eventually stood to explain herself. Later she had her picture for the 1931 yearbook taken in the suit. Following a sabbatical leave in 1933, Ms. Haughawout returned to find that her job was no longer available. This she had anticipated and was prepared to accept. It was all part of what she labeled the "Great Plan," which was to become as nearly self-sufficient as possible. Until 1945, when she returned to teaching during the teacher shortage, Haughawout lived entirely on her publications, gardening, and the meager dividends of a few earlier investments. After her second retirement, she remained popular with her students and succeeding generations of writers on the campus. Her diaries recount that she daily received from three to thirteen visitors. Helen Kelso Carney in the introduction to her book, Soyan Francais, states of Ms. Haughawout, "I used to wish that I had the gift for teaching that my freshman English teacher enjoyed. She expected us not only to listen to her lectures, but also to think with her about the meaning behind the words. If my mind wandered for a second from her train of thought, I floundered off course for the rest of the class period and she knew it. I envied the way she controlled and inspired her classes and wished that I had been given a compelling personality like hers. Later I knew her as a colleague and found out that she owed her ability to hold students' attention less to personal magnetism than to careful planning and a continuing war against distractions." SOURCE: Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg, PA Contributor: Armstrong History Lot owner: Joseph H. Haughawout.

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Margaret Elizabeth Haughawout death on 27 Dec 1964 in Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 40.6267014
Longitude: -97.5674973

Family Members:

Parent

Joseph Henderson Haughawout

(1842 - 1926)

Emma Steininger Haughawout

(1847 - 1912)

Siblings

Emma Susan Haughawout Smith

(1882 - 1986)

John Franklin Haughawout

(1889 - 1944)

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