Sprinkle, G. K.

Activist Gloria “G.K.” Sprinkle characterized herself as a “high-energy, non-stop worker [who put her] energy into securing civil rights for women.” Born in 1946, Gloria Janina Klizicki received her B.S. in biology from the University of Illinois in 1967 and went on to obtain her M.A. in biology from Harvard University in 1969. While at Harvard, she met and married her husband James Thomas Sprinkle. Until 1980, G.K. Sprinkle was a homemaker, but then joined the workforce to teach biology and geology at Austin Community College. Sprinkle also worked as an assistant to the Curator of the Texas Memorial Museum (1980-81) and as a grant writer to the Mexican American Research Center (1981). Beginning in 1979, Sprinkle volunteered with the National Organization for Women (NOW) at the local and state levels. She served as an Austin NOW Coordinator (1980-82), the Texas NOW Task Force Coordinator (1981-82), and a Texas NOW State Lobbyist (1982-83). Sprinkle led Texas NOW as President from 1983-1985.

From the guide to the Sprinkle (G. K. ) Papers [84-237; 86-2; 88-89; 88-128; 88-165; 89-23; 90-18; 90-383; 91-148; 92-018; 91-252; 92-018; 2003-067]., 1973-1991, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)