THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Margaret Hope Bacon
April 7, 1921 – February 24, 2011
“I’ve always been interested in what motivates some people to do good works. There’s a spirit running through humanity that keeps producing people who have the urge to make life better for their fellow human beings.”
Quaker historian. Author. Vice president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. A Co-founder of Women’s Way. Established, with her husband, the Delaware County Fair Housing Council. Honored by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, 1978.

More About Margaret:
- Obituary, The Philadelphia Enquirer
- Margaret Hope Bacon Research Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, pages 24-25
- Wikipedia page