Fitzgerald, Margaret M.
Dates
- Existence: 1891 - 1990
Biographical Note
Margaret Mary Fitzgerald was born into an Irish family of Boston's South End in 1891. In 1906, Fitzgerald began work as a cashier at Filene's Department Store. By the time she left in 1930, Fitzgerald was a buyer for three combined departments and the overseas buyer of leather goods. She was involved in working for women's rights as the president of Filene's Cooperative Association and also served on the Governor's Council for Women in Industry and War. As a suffragist, Fitzgerald participated in the "A Mile of Women" march to the State House in 1919 to support the bill to enfranchise women in Massachusetts. She was also involved in other grassroots suffragist activities. In the 1950s Fitzgerald opened a chain of maternity shops in Boston, Stork-Time Maternity Shops. Though she officially retired at the age of 70, Fitzgerald still worked two days a week for the company for many years. Margaret Fitzgerald died in 1990.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Margaret M. Fitzgerald papers
The Margaret M. Fitzgerald papers document her work as a twentieth-century social reformer, suffragist, and retail business owner. The papers contain business memos and minutes, correspondence, diaries, financial records, newspaper clippings, school notes, and speeches.
Collection is open for research.