Margaret Storrs Grierson
| Margaret Storrs Grierson | |
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Grierson in 1946
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| Born |
Margaret Storrs June 27, 1900 Denver, Colorado |
| Died | December 12, 1997 Leeds, Massachusetts |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Education | A.B., Smith College; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College |
| Occupation | Philosophy professor; college archivist |
| Years active | 1930–1965 |
| Employer | Smith College |
| Known for | Founder and first director of the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Herbert Grierson |
| Parent(s) | Lucius Seymour Storrs, father |
| Relatives | Job Adams Cooper, maternal grandfather |
"I was around only for the beginning; for the planting of an acorn. The greatest satisfaction is to see it go on developing, growing in ways beyond my ken, into a staunch oak tree." (Margaret Storrs Grierson referencing the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College)
Margaret Storrs Grierson (June 29, 1900 – December 12, 1997) was an archivist, philosophy professor, and the founder and first director of the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. In this capacity, she traveled extensively, in the United States and abroad, assembling manuscripts that document the history of women.
Grierson was born in Denver, Colorado. Her father was railway executive Lucius Seymour Storrs and her mother was Mary Cooper Storrs, daughter of Job Adams Cooper, sixth Governor of the State of Colorado. Grierson had one sibling, a brother, Lucius ("Luke") Seymour Storrs, Jr.
Because of her father's career, the family moved several times during Grierson's childhood. She attended seven schools before entering Misses Masters' School, Dobbs Ferry, New York.
In 1918 Grierson began her undergraduate study at Smith College. She graduated in 1922 with a degree in English. She then did graduate work at Bryn Mawr, receiving a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1930. From 1924-1925 she studied at University College of the University of London.
During her subsequent professional years at Smith, Grierson developed an enduring friendship with professor Marine Leland that lasted until Leland's death in 1983. In the mid 1930s the two women purchased a home together at 66 Massasoit Street in Northampton. They shared the home even after Grierson's marriage on December 7, 1938.
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