Butler, Margaret (1908?-1976)
Item
Title
Butler, Margaret (1908?-1976)
Subject
Blind Community
Public Schools
Description
Margaret Butler was an economics teacher in Englewood. She taught the fifth grade in Harlem and home economics at Dwight Morrow High School.
Butler became blind in 1945 and was an instructor at the Community House Social Service Federation in Englewood, teaching braille. She also founded Shining Light, an organization to help the blind community.
She was a member of numerous organizations, including the American Foundation of the Blind, the National Council of Negro Women of Bergen County, W.C. Handy Foundation of the Blind, and the New Jersey Commission of the Blind. She was awarded the Lydia Hayes Foundation Achievement Award in 1951. Butler attended St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church.
Butler became blind in 1945 and was an instructor at the Community House Social Service Federation in Englewood, teaching braille. She also founded Shining Light, an organization to help the blind community.
She was a member of numerous organizations, including the American Foundation of the Blind, the National Council of Negro Women of Bergen County, W.C. Handy Foundation of the Blind, and the New Jersey Commission of the Blind. She was awarded the Lydia Hayes Foundation Achievement Award in 1951. Butler attended St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church.
Source
"Margaret Butler, 68." The Record, August 23, 1976, p.2.
Contributor
Ludder, Rachelle
Colman, David
Birth Date
1908?
Birthplace
Macon, Georgia, USA
Death Date
1976-08
Source of File Attached
"Margaret Butler, 68." The Record, August 23, 1976, p.2.
Collection
Citation
“Butler, Margaret (1908?-1976),” Englewood Makes History, accessed June 29, 2024, https://englewoodmakeshistory.org/items/show/245.
