Margaret Zattau Roan
{{short description|American music therapist}}
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| birth_name = Margaret Josephine Zattau
| birth_date = July 25, 1905
| birth_place = Maysville, Georgia
| death_date = March 18, 1975 (aged 69)
| death_place = Atlanta, Georgia
| occupation = Music therapist
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Margaret Josephine Zattau Roan (July 25, 1905 – March 18, 1975) was an American music therapist and clubwoman, based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Early life and education
Margaret Josephine Zattau was born in Maysville, Georgia, the daughter of Charles Maximillian Zattau II and Josephine M. Fowler Zattau. Her paternal grandfather, Ludwig Zattau, was born in Rhineland-Palatinate and moved to Philadelphia as a boy, in 1859. Her father was president of a printing company.{{Cite news|date=1943-01-09|title=Rites Set Today for C. M. Zattau|pages=7|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74135206/obituary-for-c-m-zattau/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}}
She attended Atlanta's Washington Seminary and graduated from Wesleyan College in Georgia in 1926.{{Cite book|last=Wesleyan College|url=http://archive.org/details/Veterropt1926|title=Veterropt 1926|date=1926|pages=119|via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite news|date=1927-02-12|title=Atlantan Manager of Prize-Winning College Year Book|pages=10|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74114822/atlantan-manager-of-prize-winning/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}} At Wesleyan, she earned diploma in piano and was active in many musical clubs and ensembles.{{Cite news|date=1926-09-01|title=Miss Zattau Weds Augustus M. Roan|pages=11|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74124165/miss-zattau-weds-augustus-m-roan/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}} She pursued further studies at the Juilliard School. She trained as a music therapist during an internship at the Eloise Hospital in Michigan, and in psychology at the Emory University and medical school.{{Cite journal|last=Roan|first=Margaret Zattau|date=May 1952|title=Music in the Creative Growth of the Child|url=https://archive.org/details/1952May/page/n3/mode/2up?q=Margaret+Zattau|journal=Wesleyan Alumnae Magazine|pages=5–6|via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite news|date=1950-02-13|title=Cerebral Palsy Society to Meet|pages=11|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74101752/cerebral-palsy-society-to-meet/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}}
Career
Roan was a noted music therapist and music teacher based in Atlanta.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aag-AQAAIAAJ&q=Songs+for+Seated+Rhythm+Roan|title=Who's who of American Women and Women of Canada|date=1968|publisher=A.N. Marquis Company|pages=1020|language=en}} She worked with disabled children at the Elks Aidmore Hospital,{{Cite news|date=1950-02-21|title=Andrew D. Clark Heads Cerebral Palsy Society|pages=5|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74135490/andrew-d-clark-heads-cerebral-palsy/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}} and as music director at the Marian Howard School,{{Cite news|last=Cash|first=Sarah|date=1972-08-13|title=She Gave Music Pills|pages=181|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74115001/she-gave-music-pillssarah-cash/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}} using music for physical and psychological rehabilitation; for example, helping a child to recover lung function by playing a harmonica. She also promoted music therapy for adults, especially disabled veterans. "We must all have release from the emotional tensions which build up inside us," she explained to the Atlanta Constitution in 1947, "and music can do this better than any other form of self-expression, I believe."{{Cite news|last=McKinley|first=Lenna|date=1947-12-18|title=Mrs. Roan Finds Music Aids Psychiatrists|pages=22|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74101978/mrs-roan-finds-music-aids/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}} She published books for other practitioners, including Very First Songs for Seated Rhythm (1951). She wrote about her music therapy work for the Wesleyan Alumnae Magazine in 1952. She spoke at conferences of the National Association for Music Therapy.{{Cite news|last=Clay|first=Helen|date=December 1, 1951|title=Music Therapists Hold 2nd Confab in Chicago|page=7|work=The Chicago Defender|via=ProQuest}}
Roan was president of the Georgia Federation of Music Clubs, president of the DeKalb County League of Women Voters,{{Cite news|date=1934-02-06|title=DeKalb League of Women Voters Elects Mrs. A. M. Roan as President|pages=13|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74148280/dekalb-league-of-women-voters-elects/|access-date=2021-03-23|via=Newspapers.com}} and served on the national board of directors of the National League of Women Voters, overseeing League activities in nine Southern states and the District of Columbia.{{Cite news|date=1934-04-28|title=Women Voters Honor Mrs. Augustus Roan|pages=9|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74135699/women-voters-honor-mrs-augustus-roan/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|date=1936-05-02|title=Vote League Elects Mrs. Augustus M. Roan|pages=3|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74136368/vote-league-elects-mrs-augustus-m-roan/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|date=1938-04-25|title=Mrs. Roan and Atlanta Delegates Attend Women Voters' Convention|pages=11|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74141985/mrs-roan-and-atlanta-delegates-attend/|access-date=2021-03-23|via=Newspapers.com}} During World War II, she organized the Women's Volunteer Service in DeKalb County.{{Cite news|date=1975-03-20|title=Funeral Today for Mrs. Roan|pages=91|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74101541/funeral-today-for-mrs-roan/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}}
Personal life
Margaret Zattau married lawyer Augustus Morrow Roan in 1926. They had two children, Charles (1928–1988) and Margaret (1937–2014). Augustus Roan died in 1959;{{Cite news|date=1959-10-14|title=Judge Roan Dies at 61; Former DeKalb Jurist|pages=15|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74111477/judge-roan-dies-at-61-former-dekalb/|access-date=2021-03-22|via=Newspapers.com}} Margaret Zattau Roan died in 1975, aged 69 years. Her papers are a major component of the Roan Family Papers at the Atlanta History Center.{{Cite web|title=Collection: Roan family papers|url=https://ahc.galileo.usg.edu/repositories/2/resources/2890|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Kenan Research Center Finding Aids}}
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Category:American music educators
Category:Wesleyan College alumni
Category:Juilliard School alumni