10 Facts About Margery Durant

Margery Pitt Durant was the daughter of businessman and General Motors founder, Billy Durant.

Margery Durant was notable for authoring a book about her father, her contributions to increasing travel abroad via aviation, photographing her aviation adventures, and for being a socialite.

Margery Pitt Durant was born on May 24,1887, in the city of Flint, Michigan.

Margery Durant was the daughter of William Crapo Durant and Clara Miller Pitt Durant.

In 1929, Margery Durant published My Father, the book about her father William Crapo Margery Durant.

Margery Durant was still alive at age 65 when the book was released.

Margery Durant later bought her own airplane, a Lockheed Vega.

Margery Durant married a doctor and associate of her father, Edwin Rutheven Campbell, on April 18,1906, at St Paul's Episcopal Church in Flint, Michigan.

Margery Durant had William Durant Campbell in 1907 and Margery Edwina Campbell in 1909 with him.

Margery Durant then married a banker, Robert Williams Daniel, a Titanic survivor and business associate of her father.