Meet Margaret
Margaret grew up outside of Ft. Benning, Georgia. Her family often struggled to make ends meet, and she dropped out of high school at the end of her junior year to help. While working full-time, she acquired her General Equivalency Diploma at age 17.
In 1984, Margaret moved to Massachusetts and immediately put down roots. She ran her own writing and consulting business for many years, and her talents were sought after by the state’s top employers, including Digital Equipment Corporation (now HP), Motorola, and others. She met her husband and best friend, Jim Scarsdale, during this time. They settled first in Groton and then in Pepperell to raise their son and daughter.
Margaret returned to school, graduated with the Chancellor’s Medal of Honor with a dual degree in American Studies and Sociology, and received a full scholarship to a doctoral program in Sociology at Northeastern.