IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION expressing the sympathy of the Legislature to the family and friends of Margaret Louise Holliday, upon the occasion of her death.
Intro
RESOLUTION #11918, October 20, 1997
INTRODUCED BY Carl W. Bussey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Margaret Louise Holliday was born April 3, 1918, in Topeka, Kansas, the first of two daughters born to Margaret and Justine T. Garrett, who later moved the family to Lawrence, Kansas; and,
WHEREAS, Margaret graduated from Lawrence Memorial High School in 1935 and earned her Bachelor's Degree in Sociology in 1939 from the University of Kansas, where she began to demonstrate her life-long committment to human development and civil rights through her participation with the YWCA and other campus organizations; and,
WHEREAS, in 1939 Margaret moved to Kansas City, Missouri, to pursue a career in social work, accepting a position as a social worker with the former Jackson County Department of Welfare; and,
WHEREAS, while working for the County, Margaret met and, on May 30, 1942, married attorney Harold L. Holliday, Sr; and,
WHEREAS, in 1958 Margaret was the first African-American professional staffer hired by the Mid-Continent Council of Girl Scouts, where she progressed through a series of positions culminating in Director of Personnel; and,
WHEREAS, in subsequent positions as Center Director for Area VI of the Human Resources Corporation (1965-69) and Executive Director of the George Washington Carver Neighborhood Center, Margaret led with her trademark style of forbearance and gentility; and,
WHEREAS, with her caring touch, Margaret participated in numerous civic, social, and political activities, including the Mayor's Commission on Human Relations, the NAACP, of which she was a life member, the Governor's Comprehensive Health Committee, and board memberships of Kansas City General Hospital, Truman Medical Center, the Kansas City ...
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