Marguerite Rawalt

Dr. Marguerite Rawalt was an American writer and lawyer who lobbied in Congress on behalf of womens rights. She worked for the Internal Revenue Service foryears, and served on the board of directors for numerous interest groups relating to womens rights issues. Rawalt was a member of the National Presbyterian Church.

Rawalt was the oldest of three children, and was born in Prairie City, Illinois. Her family eventually moved to Texas and settled there. She attended the University of Texas in Austin for one year, then taught high school math in Lorena, Texas. From 19211924 she worked as secretary to Texas governor, Pat M. Neff. She received her bachelors law degree in 1933 and her masters law degree in 1936 from George Washington Law School. In 1933, she started working as an attorney in the office of chief counsel for the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

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