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Notes for Margaret Wessel PIERSOL

Margaret Wessell Piersol (MWP), mother of AMM, was born on March 23, 1891, to George Arthur Piersol and Anne Wessell Steel. She graduated from Vassar College, class of 1912, with a major in history. After graduation, MWP taught at the Mary Lyon School in Swarthmore, Penn., while studying for a Ph.D at the University of Pennsylvania. She was preparing her dissertation when, in 1917, MWP volunteered to go to Europe as a nurse's aide with the American Red Cross. She was stationed in France from 1917 to 1919. It was during this time in France that MWP corresponded with, and became engaged to, Robinson Murray. Their marriage took place in Paris on January 29, 1919.
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