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Margaret Clapp was born on 10 April, 1910, is an educator. Discover Margaret Clapp's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?
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Margaret Clapp Net Worth
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Clapp died of cancer on May 3, 1974 at the age of 64 in her Tyringham, Massachusetts home. A memorial service was held June 1, 1974 in Houghton Memorial Chapel on the Wellesley campus.
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.
After leaving Wellesley, Clapp served briefly as administrator of Lady Doak College, a women's college in Madurai, India, then as United States cultural attaché to India, then as minister-councilor of public affairs in the United States Information Agency until her retirement in 1971.
While she was president of Wellesley College from 1949 until her retirement in 1966, the college's resources and facilities were expanded substantially. Clapp was a strong advocate of careers for women. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1952.
Margaret Clapp's doctoral dissertation at Columbia grew into the biography Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow published in 1947 and winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Clapp received honorary degrees from Smith College in 1949 and Wheaton College in 1960. In 1970, she received an honorary doctorate from Wellesley College. Wellesley College's library was renamed the Margaret Clapp Library in 1974, in honor of Clapp.
She taught English literature at the Todhunter School for Girls in New York City for twelve years while working on her master's degree, which she obtained from Columbia University in 1937.
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.
Clapp was born in East Orange, New Jersey on April 10, 1910 to parents Alfred Chapin Clapp and Anna (Roth) Clapp. She had two brothers, future American politician Alfred C. and Oliver H. Clapp, and one sister, Lois Clapp Olds. In 1926 she graduated from East Orange High School and Wellesley College in 1930.
