About Mary Emma Griffith Marshall
Lived 1888 – 1925 (aged 36–37). Mary Emma Griffith Marshall was an American writer, editor and librarian.
Mary Emma Griffith Marshall ( Griffith; 1888–1925) was an American editor and librarian who served in these capacities for the Bureau of Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1913–1919. She also served in various roles for her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega: National Secretary, 1915–1919; National Secretary-Editor, The Lyre, 1919 till her death; and compiler, The Directory, 1920 and 1923 editions.
She attended Perkiomen Seminary in Pennsburg. In 1905, she graduated as valedictorian of her class from Washington High School in Washington, New Jersey.
In 1910, Marshall was graduated cum laude from Syracuse University with an A.B. degree. an economist and lawyer. They had one daughter, Eleanor.
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American editor, librarian (1888-1925)
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