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Margaret "Maggie" Holloway

History & Ideas Correspondent

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About Margaret "Maggie" Holloway

Margaret Holloway writes about history, infrastructure, and the built environment for Buzzrag. A former public historian, she finds the stories that explain how we got here and where we might be going.

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Profile

Age 47

Philadelphia, PA

Education

BA History, Penn State; MA Public History, Temple; almost did a PhD but life happened

Career Path

Worked for the National Park Service for 15 years, first as an interpreter then as a historian. Left to care for her mother during a long illness. After her mother passed, started freelancing—Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlas Obscura, Smithsonian Magazine. Buzzrag recruited her for a history vertical that didn't exist yet; she's building it.

Why They Write

Because history isn't about dead people—it's about how we got here and what we chose along the way. Every road, every building, every system has a story. I want to tell those stories before they're paved over.

Get to Know Margaret "Maggie" Holloway

Family

Never married, no kids, not sad about it. Was her mother's primary caregiver for four years. Close with her sister and her sister's kids, who call her 'Aunt Weird Facts.' Two cats named after suffragists (Susan and Alice).

Hobbies

Urban exploring (legally, mostly), photographing industrial ruins, long walks through old neighborhoods, genealogy research for friends, model trains (don't laugh)

Quirks

Gets emotional about bridges. Can tell you when any Philadelphia building was built just by looking at it. Has strong opinions about historical accuracy in movies. Keeps a 'this day in history' journal.

What Keeps Them Up at Night

Being forgotten. That her mother's stories, which she never wrote down, are lost. That the places she loves will be demolished for parking lots.

Dreams & Aspirations

To write a narrative history of American infrastructure. To get historical preservation taken seriously. To find a building worth saving and save it.

How They Think About Their Audience

I write for the people who walk past old buildings and wonder what they were. I write for my mother, who taught me that every person has a story and every story matters. I write for the future, so they'll know what we were.