MAHAFFEY, MARYANN

Maryann Mahaffey was born January 18, 1925 in Burlington, Iowa. She received a B.A. in social work from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa in 1946 and a Master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 1951. She became an Associate Professor at Wayne State University in the School of Social Work in 1965. In 1973 she was elected to the Detroit City Council and began her term in 1974, which continues uninterrupted past the time of this entry. Mahaffey served in many organizations including National Association of Social Workers, Michigan Social Work Council, Urban Alliance, Advisory Committee to State Senator Coleman A. Young, Detroit Mayor's Common Council Task Force on Hunger and Malnutrition, Michigan Statewide Nutrition Commission, White House Conference on Families, Michigan State Health Coordinating Council, Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments, the ACLU, the Japanese American Citizens League, the League of Women Voters, American Federation of Teachers, NAACP, NOW and the Michigan Women's Political Caucus.

From the description of Maryann Mahaffey papers, 1924-1994. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 51953742