Dates

• Existence: 1874 - 1966

Biographical History

Margaret Maw (1874-1966) was a student at Brigham Young Academy, teacher, and author.

Margaret Peterson Maw was born in Deseret, Utah in 1874. After a visit from George H. Brimhall, she felt it possible for her to attend Brigham Young Academy. She achieved that goal and after her first year, President Brimhall recommended her for a teaching position in Spring Lake. He told her it would be challenging, and after one week she came to him in tears saying, "Brother Brimhall! I've expelled a boy the first week--it happens its [sic] the boy where I board too--I didn't know it at the time. . . . I threw him out by the coat collar." Maw recalled that after she had finished, Brimhall said, "What are you crying for? You're in! You've done just what had to be done. You'll have no more trouble over there. You've made it, girl! I'm proud of you." Maw completed that year of teaching. She went on to become an author. She died in 1966.

Citation:

Nikoline's choice, 1947: t.p. (Margaret Maw)

UPB files, Dec. 20, 2001 (hdg.: Maw, Margaret, b. 1874; Maw, Margaret Peterson, b. 1874; usage: Margaret Maw; Margaret P. Maw)

RLIN, Dec. 20, 2001 (hdg.: Maw, Margaret Peterson, 1874-; usage: Margaret Maw)

"George H. Brimhall's Legacy of Service to Brigham Young University", Mary Jane Woodger and Joseph H. Groberg (Margaret Maw; born, Deseret, Utah; After a visit from George H. Brimhall, she felt it possible for her to attend Brigham Young Academy. She achieved that goal and after her first year, President Brimhall recommended her for a teaching position in Spring Lake. He told her it would be challenging, and after one week she came to him in tears saying, "Brother Brimhall! I've expelled a boy the first week--it happens its [sic] the boy where I board too--I didn't know it at the time. . . . I threw him out by the coat collar." Maw recalled that after she had finished, Brimhall said, "What are you crying for? You’re in! You've done just what had to be done. You'll have no more trouble over there. You've made it, girl! I'm proud of you." Maw completed that year of teaching and became one of the county's finest teachers)

Margaret Peterson Maw collection, 1909-1963 (Margaret Peterson Maw)

Maw Family website, www.family-maw.co.uk, website viewed Oct. 14, 2011 (Born, 1874; died, 1966; author)

FamilySearch, via WWW, Dec. 31, 2020 (Margrethe Sorensen Petersen; Margaret Maw; Sister Charles E. Maw; born 9 August 1874 in Haverslev, Denmark; teacher and school principal; author; married Charles Edward Maw in 1899; died 16 April 1966 in Provo, Utah)

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