Margaret Scott: Librarian or Sorority woman…or both?

A sorority acquaintance from Alpha Gamma Delta has asked me to help her find the answer to this conundrum. The crux of it: Is Margaret Brodie Scott the librarian the same as the Margaret Scott from AGD?

The missing link? We know that Margaret Scott (AGD) did undergraduate studies at U of T, we do not know if the Librarian Margaret Scott did.

If you can help us, leave a comment or @ me on Twitter!

Here is what we know:

Margaret Scott (The Alpha Gamma Delta)

Joined Alpha Gamma Delta at the U of Toronto Tau Chapter in 1943

‘disappeared’ in the 70s.

Margaret Brodie Scott (The Librarian)

(from http://www.accessola.com/fleming/scott.html)

English and History teacher, Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute ??-1952;

Head Librarian, R.H. King Collegiate Institute, Scarborough 1952-1961.

Associate Professor (School Librarianship), Ontario College of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, 1961-1976.

President, Canadian School Library Association 1970-71;

founding member and Director, International Association of School Librarianship, 1971-76.

Honours: CSLA Award of Merit, 1974;

OLA establishes Margaret Scott Memorial Fund, 1976; CSLA Award of Merit renamed, 1977.

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