Bonds (nee Majors), Margaret Jeanett Allison (fem) 3.mar.1913-26.apr.1972 USA Illinois, Chicago - California, Los Angeles
concert pianist, of African descent, 1933 BM and 1934 MM from Northwestern University in Chicago, studied piano with Djane Herz and composition with Robert Starer at the Juilliard School in New York City, privately with Roy Harris, 1939 moved to New York, received scholarships from the National Association of Negro Musicians, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Julius Rosenwald and Roy Harris, taught at the American Theatre Wing New York, music director of the East Side Settlement House New York and the White Barn Theatre in Westport Connecticut ; daughter of physician Monroe Alpheus Majors (Texas, Waco 12.oct.1864-8.dec.1960 Los Angeles) and organist/piano teacher Estelle C Bonds (Brooklyn feb.1882-) who married 1909 in Lake County Indiana near Chicago and were divorced by 1920 ; 1940 Margaret married probation officer Lawrence Murphy Richardson (Kentucky, Danville 5.jul.1911-25.nov.1989 New York City)