Edith Scott Magna

Edith Scott Magna (November 15, 1885 – October 19, 1960) was an American civic leader who served as the 15th president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

Early life and education Magna was born on November 15, 1885. She graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from Smith College in 1909.

Music Magna was a soprano singer who specialized in Scottish songs. She also wrote songs and poems.

Clubwork Magna was vice-president general of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in the 1920s, and served as the DAR's president general from 1932 to 1935. During the Great Depression, before her presidency, she raised funds to furnish the library at Memorial Continental Hall.

In 1927, a bronze plaque was installed to mark Magna's work in preserving Crafts Tavern, the old post tavern in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts chapter of the DAR funded a college scholarship in her name in 1939. She commented on the honor in 1940, "Faith in our schools is faith in our youth. They need us in these serious times, even as we need them."

Magna was made a knight of the Legion of Honour.

Personal life Scott married Russell William Magna on March 28, 1910. After being hospitalized for a month following a hip fracture, she died on October 19, 1960, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.