Margaret Hayden Rorke (June , â€" March , ) was an American color
standards expert, actress, and suffragist who was for nearly years
the managing director of the Textile Color Card Association of the
United States. She is known as "the most influential 'color
forecaster' of the s and s."Margaret Nillie Hildegard Hayden was born
in New York City on June , to William Richardson and Katherine
Elizabeth (Farson) Hayden. Her father was a theatrical producer. She
had a brief career as a theatrical actress under the name Marguerite
Hayden, including a touring production of The Earl of Pawtucket and
roles in A Romance of Athlone and Terence. On April , , she married
William Henry Rorke and stopped acting. The couple had four children
(one of whom died in childhood), including the actor Hayden Rorke.In ,
Rorke compiled and published Letters and Addresses on Woman Suffrage
by Catholic Ecclesiastics. In her foreword, she explains that she was
"prompted by the desire to correct the prevalent impression that the
Catholic Church is officially opposed to Woman Suffrage."
standards expert, actress, and suffragist who was for nearly years
the managing director of the Textile Color Card Association of the
United States. She is known as "the most influential 'color
forecaster' of the s and s."Margaret Nillie Hildegard Hayden was born
in New York City on June , to William Richardson and Katherine
Elizabeth (Farson) Hayden. Her father was a theatrical producer. She
had a brief career as a theatrical actress under the name Marguerite
Hayden, including a touring production of The Earl of Pawtucket and
roles in A Romance of Athlone and Terence. On April , , she married
William Henry Rorke and stopped acting. The couple had four children
(one of whom died in childhood), including the actor Hayden Rorke.In ,
Rorke compiled and published Letters and Addresses on Woman Suffrage
by Catholic Ecclesiastics. In her foreword, she explains that she was
"prompted by the desire to correct the prevalent impression that the
Catholic Church is officially opposed to Woman Suffrage."
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