Marguerite Appleton, class of 1914
Marguerite Appleton was the daughter of a Brown University chemistry professor. After attending Hope High School, she followed her two older sisters to Pembroke College where she received her A.B in 1914. After beginning a career in teaching, she went back to Pembroke to receive a Master’s degree. Later she finished her doctorate in history at Pembroke with a dissertation on “Rhode Island’s First Court of Admiralty Southworth.” Appleton taught history at Wellesley College, (MA) Lindenwood College, (MO); and Grove City College (PA). She authored “A Portrai
In this interview, Marguerite Appleton discusses her father, John Howard Appleton, a Brown chemistry professor; her reasons for choosing Brown; the abolition of the sorority system by Dean Lida Shaw King and the role of the Student Government Association in it. Her sisters’ sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta; athletics including bowling; traditions such as Sophomore Masque, Ivy Day, and Commencement; other social activities, including dances and Komian plays; Her life after college includes teaching at the Lincoln School and Wheaton College; returning to Brown for a Ph.D. in history, leading a Girl Scout troop.