Mary Margaret McAllen
Mary Margaret McAllen
Mary Margaret McAllen was raised on a storied South Texas ranch and writes about the history of the Southwest and Mexico. Her four books include the award-winning and best-selling I Would Rather Sleep in Texas (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2003); A Brave Boy and a Good Soldier: John C. C. Hill and the Texas Expedition to Mier (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2006); Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico (San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press, 2014); and James Ferdinand McCan: Painting a Historical Portrait of Texas, 1895-1925 (San Antonio: Witte Museum, 2023). She has written book introductions and contributed to anthologies and has appeared on the PBS series History Detectives and contributed to Henry Louis Gate’s Faces of America.
She lives in San Antonio, and after earning her M.A. in history she taught as an adjunct professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She currently serves as Director of Humanities at the Witte Museum. She was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2024.
TSHA Awards
- TSHA Fellowship (2026)
Positions
- Board Member (2016–2019)
- Second Vice President (2018–2019)
- Board Member (2019–2022)
- First Vice President (2019–2020)
- President (2020–2021)
Handbook Entries
| Title | Contributor Type |
|---|---|
| McAllen Ranch | Author |
