Marguerite Shepard Frierson (May 1, 1907 – September 29, 1998) was an American educator. She was a professor of education at

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and

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, and from 1949 to 1971 at Fayetteville State Teachers College. She was supervisor of elementary education in the

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in the 1950s.

Early life and education

Frierson was from

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, the daughter of Taylor Jererdeau (T. J.) Frierson and Margaret (Maggie) R. Hamlin Frierson. Her father was a physician. She graduated from

in 1928, and earned a bachelor's degree at the

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."Formal Opening"
''Shaw University Bulletin: Alumni Number'' (1952): 11. via Internet Archive. She earned a master's degree ( M.Ed.) from

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in 1938. In 1950 she completed doctoral studies at

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. She was a member of

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Career

Frierson taught at Shaw University in the 1930s. In the 1940s, she taught at Barber–Scotia College, and directed a 1945 summer program for Black teachers in

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. She was a professor of education and department chair at Fayetteville State University from 1949 to 1971. From 1950 to 1952, she was also supervisor of elementary education in the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. In 1968, she was appointed to North Carolina's Advisory Council on

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. She was one of the incorporators of the National Alumni Association of Shaw University, in 1952.

Personal life

Frierson died in 1998, at the age of 91, in Georgia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frierson, Marguerite 1907 births 1998 deaths American educators Shaw University alumni Shaw University faculty Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology alumni Boston University alumni People from Augusta, Georgia