Margaret Mordecai Cruikshank (née Jones; October 13, 1878 – December 26, 1955) was an American schoolteacher and college president.
[2] Upon graduating, she worked as a schoolteacher at St. Mary's, teaching mathematics, astronomy, German, and Bible classes.
[1][2] She returned to St. Mary's to teach for another three years before enrolling as a student at the Teachers College at Columbia University in New York City.
[1] She graduated from Columbia in 1911 and on June 17 of that year, she married Ernest Cruikshank, who was the business manager of St.
[1][2] While serving as president, she helped establish the school's Student Government Association and approved their constitution in 1938.