Daughter of William Joseph and Annie Stackhouse Montgomery.
"Miss Mabel Montgomery, the daughter of William Joseph and Annie Stackhouse Montgomery, was born in Marion, South Carolina, October 19, 1879. She was educated at Winthrop College and later became actively associated with educational, civic, social and religious organizations both in her home community and the State at large.
Miss Montgomery's activities in connection with the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs have extended her influence over the State. She organized the Federation's Student Loan Fund and helped establish the Industrial School for Boys at Florence. As Chairman of Education she began her work to reduce the State's illiteracy rate. She was on the Illiteracy Commission and for many years served as its secretary.
From 1935 to 1941 Miss Montgomery was State Supervisor of the WPA Writer's Project which compiled the very valuable South Carolina Guide (published by Oxford Press), reportedly one of the best guides in the United States.
She is an established writer with an easy style and facile pen. Her published books include Palmetto Pioneers, Worthwhile South Carolinians, A Courageous Conquest: A Life Story of F.D.R., David's Fishing Summer, and Bud and Sampson, the Goat. In addition she has contributed a number of articles to a variety of journals.
During World War II she organized and edited the MARION MAIL, a mimeographed newspaper which carried the hometown news to servicemen throughout the world. For her outstanding contribution to the War effort the Crawford-Monroe Post of the American Legion and its auxiliary presented Miss Montgomery with their distinguished service plaque."
- Excerpted from the back cover of Mabel Montgomery's book South Carolina's Wil Lou Gray, a biography, published in 1963.
"Miss Mabel Montgomery, the daughter of William Joseph and Annie Stackhouse Montgomery, was born in Marion, South Carolina, October 19, 1879. She was educated at Winthrop College and later became actively associated with educational, civic, social and religious organizations both in her home community and the State at large.
Miss Montgomery's activities in connection with the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs have extended her influence over the State. She organized the Federation's Student Loan Fund and helped establish the Industrial School for Boys at Florence. As Chairman of Education she began her work to reduce the State's illiteracy rate. She was on the Illiteracy Commission and for many years served as its secretary.
From 1935 to 1941 Miss Montgomery was State Supervisor of the WPA Writer's Project which compiled the very valuable South Carolina Guide (published by Oxford Press), reportedly one of the best guides in the United States.
She is an established writer with an easy style and facile pen. Her published books include Palmetto Pioneers, Worthwhile South Carolinians, A Courageous Conquest: A Life Story of F.D.R., David's Fishing Summer, and Bud and Sampson, the Goat. In addition she has contributed a number of articles to a variety of journals.
During World War II she organized and edited the MARION MAIL, a mimeographed newspaper which carried the hometown news to servicemen throughout the world. For her outstanding contribution to the War effort the Crawford-Monroe Post of the American Legion and its auxiliary presented Miss Montgomery with their distinguished service plaque."
- Excerpted from the back cover of Mabel Montgomery's book South Carolina's Wil Lou Gray, a biography, published in 1963.
Daughter of William Joseph and Annie Stackhouse Montgomery.
"Miss Mabel Montgomery, the daughter of William Joseph and Annie Stackhouse Montgomery, was born in Marion, South Carolina, October 19, 1879. She was educated at Winthrop College and later became actively associated with educational, civic, social and religious organizations both in her home community and the State at large.
Miss Montgomery's activities in connection with the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs have extended her influence over the State. She organized the Federation's Student Loan Fund and helped establish the Industrial School for Boys at Florence. As Chairman of Education she began her work to reduce the State's illiteracy rate. She was on the Illiteracy Commission and for many years served as its secretary.
From 1935 to 1941 Miss Montgomery was State Supervisor of the WPA Writer's Project which compiled the very valuable South Carolina Guide (published by Oxford Press), reportedly one of the best guides in the United States.
She is an established writer with an easy style and facile pen. Her published books include Palmetto Pioneers, Worthwhile South Carolinians, A Courageous Conquest: A Life Story of F.D.R., David's Fishing Summer, and Bud and Sampson, the Goat. In addition she has contributed a number of articles to a variety of journals.
During World War II she organized and edited the MARION MAIL, a mimeographed newspaper which carried the hometown news to servicemen throughout the world. For her outstanding contribution to the War effort the Crawford-Monroe Post of the American Legion and its auxiliary presented Miss Montgomery with their distinguished service plaque."
- Excerpted from the back cover of Mabel Montgomery's book South Carolina's Wil Lou Gray, a biography, published in 1963.
"Miss Mabel Montgomery, the daughter of William Joseph and Annie Stackhouse Montgomery, was born in Marion, South Carolina, October 19, 1879. She was educated at Winthrop College and later became actively associated with educational, civic, social and religious organizations both in her home community and the State at large.
Miss Montgomery's activities in connection with the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs have extended her influence over the State. She organized the Federation's Student Loan Fund and helped establish the Industrial School for Boys at Florence. As Chairman of Education she began her work to reduce the State's illiteracy rate. She was on the Illiteracy Commission and for many years served as its secretary.
From 1935 to 1941 Miss Montgomery was State Supervisor of the WPA Writer's Project which compiled the very valuable South Carolina Guide (published by Oxford Press), reportedly one of the best guides in the United States.
She is an established writer with an easy style and facile pen. Her published books include Palmetto Pioneers, Worthwhile South Carolinians, A Courageous Conquest: A Life Story of F.D.R., David's Fishing Summer, and Bud and Sampson, the Goat. In addition she has contributed a number of articles to a variety of journals.
During World War II she organized and edited the MARION MAIL, a mimeographed newspaper which carried the hometown news to servicemen throughout the world. For her outstanding contribution to the War effort the Crawford-Monroe Post of the American Legion and its auxiliary presented Miss Montgomery with their distinguished service plaque."
- Excerpted from the back cover of Mabel Montgomery's book South Carolina's Wil Lou Gray, a biography, published in 1963.
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