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raising children with community values

College portrait, Margaret Ethel
Jones

social change and justice work

Margaret and her beau, Louis W.
“Lou” Lynch, early 1941

emotional healing through community

In 1943 Margaret wore a long-sleeved coat to disguise her lack of arms

faith and family values

Margaret (center), the only woman graduate in the class of 1943, pictured with dental school Dean Frederick C. Elliott (with mustache)

self-care for overwhelmed parents

Margaret needed a bachelor’s degree to continue in public health. In 1944, Baylor President Pat Morris Neff put her diploma around her neck.

healing through faith and relationships

Martin “Marty” Chanin-Charcoal drawing by János Bernát

generational family wisdom

Margaret Jones Chanin in her wedding dress, June 25, 1946

spiritual resilience in hardship

Marty and Margaret at a fraternity spring formal at Evansville College, April 1949

building supportive communities

Robert Haskin Jones with grandsons Robert and Philip, early 1953