Margo House was born in August 1928. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College, with a B.A. in Art History in 1949. After additional schooling, House worked for the Board of Regents at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire from 1965 to 1969; she also taught English there, as a faculty assistant, from 1968 to 1971. In 1977 House received her M.A. in Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. During the 1970's she was active in the women's movement in Wisconsin, serving on the state board of the League of Women Voters, as president of the Wisconsin Feminists Project Fund, and as state coordinator for the National Organization for Women. House also was a member of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women until its disbanding in 1979.
