Margaret Dixon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Margaret Dixon

American journalist

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1908

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jun-1970

Profession: editor, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Margaret Richardson Dixon, usually known as Maggie Dixon (February 27, 1908 – June 21, 1970), was perhaps the most influential woman journalist of 20th-century Louisiana.
She was the managing editor of the state's capital city newspaper, the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, from 1949 until her death some two decades later. She was also an active Democrat who championed prison reform, assistance to the mentally ill, and organized labor.
The Margaret Dixon Correctional Institution in East Feliciana Parish is named in her honor.
She once addressed a Louisiana AFL-CIO convention at the invitation of its president Victor V.
Bussie of Baton Rouge.