Edith Scott Magna

[2] She graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from Smith College in 1909.

[1] She served as the president general of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution from 1932 to 1935.

[2] She made it official that presidents general should visit all of the states during their term, and was the first president general to travel by plane to state conferences.

[3] During the Great Depression, before her presidency, she raised funds to furnish the library at Memorial Continental Hall.

[1] After being hospitalized for a month following a hip fracture, she died on October 19, 1960, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.