Margaret Hayden Rorke | |
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 c. 1936 | |
| Born | Margaret Hayden June 19, 1883 New York City, US |
| Died | March 2, 1969 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupations |
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| Title | Managing director, Textile Color Card Association of the United States (1919–1954) |
| Spouse |
William Rorke
(m. 1907; died 1941) |
| Children | 4, including Hayden |
Margaret Hayden Rorke (June 19, 1883 – March 2, 1969) was an American color standards expert, actress, and suffragist who was for nearly 40 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 1920s and 30s."[1]
- ^ Center, Smithsonian Lemelson (July 12, 2012). "The Color of Invention". Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Retrieved April 7, 2019.