Faulkner, Daphne, 1930-

Daphne C. Faulkner, religious and political activist, was born in 1930 in Columbus, Georgia. While she was ERA coordinator of the North Georgia Conference, United Methodist Women (January 1976-December 1979), Faulkner, along with Carol Goodspeed (director of Women's Concerns, Presbyterian Church), founded the Georgia chapter of People of Faith for the ERA. Faulkner was the organization's first president (1979-1980). She was also president, Atlanta Emory District, United Methodist Women (1974-1976; 1978-1980); chair, the Commission on the Status and Role of Women, N. Georgia Conference, United Methodist Church (1980-1984); secretary, N. Georgia Conference Committee on Global Ministries, UMC; member of Church Women United, and on the board of ERA Georgia, Inc. As a member of these groups, Faulkner planned and attended conferences, did public speaking, and wrote letters to the editors of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as well as to Georgia legislators, church officials, and others, regarding ERA-related issues. In 1983, after the failure of the state of Georgia to ratify the ERA, Faulkner returned to school and completed a B.A. in Bible and Religion/Psychology at Agnes Scott College, and took graduate courses at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. According to Faulkner's 1996 biographical questionnaire, "the Equal Rights Amendment changed my life immeasurably."