Marjorie Edgar

Marjorie Edgar (February 17, 1889 – April 20, 1960) was an American Girl Scout leader and folklorist, based in Minnesota.

[1] Her businessman father published a literary weekly, The Bellman, and a trade journal, The Northwestern Miller.

[2] She attended Rosemary Hall in Connecticut,[3] and studied folk music with Grace Hodsdon Boutelle, a student of Cecil Sharp's.

[4] As a young woman, she was a friend to Helen Taft and her future sister-in-law Martha Bowers, during their visit to Minneapolis in 1912.

She served on the board of directors of the Minnesota chapter of the National League of American Pen Women.