Scott, Ann, 1929-1975

Vice-president for legislation of the National Organization for Women and a founder of the Buffalo, N.Y., chapter of NOW, Ann (London) Scott graduated from the University of Washington (B.A. 1952, Ph.D. 1970). A poet and translator, she was an editor of Poetry Northwest while in Seattle, and taught English literature and composition at the State University of New York at Buffalo (1965-1972). After her election to NOW's national board in 1970, she devised much of the organization's lobbying strategy for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and wrote about sex discrimination in business and at colleges and universities. Scott died of cancer in 1975.

From the description of Papers, 1932?-1976 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122521964