Mary Jo Duncanson was born 1947 in Spring Grove, Minnesota. The third of five children, she spent her childhood in the Midwestern cities of Rochester, Minnesota, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1969. She married A. Burton Bradley in 1974 and became the step-mother of his five daughters. She and her husband later had a son. From 1969 until 1974, Mary Jo Duncanson worked in federally funded education programs in Detroit and in Atlanta. Once in Atlanta, she joined the Atlanta Chapter of the National Organization for Women and served as chapter treasurer. Acting as a delegate from Atlanta NOW, she became involved with ERA Georgia, Inc. and the Equal Rights Amendment movement. She was appointed ERA Georgia, Inc. network task force co-chair in 1981 and was active in lobbying efforts at the grass-roots level across Georgia. Her work put her in contact with members of the League of Women Voters, Business and Professional Women, and Georgia Women's Political Caucus. After working as a business manager from 1974-1992, Mary Jo Duncanson began her career at Emory College as a secretary for the Soviet, Post-Soviet, and East European Studies Program (Russian and Eastern Studies Department). She later served as office manager for the Institute for Comparative and International Studies and was the Chair of the College Staff Consortium from 1998-1999. In 2000, she received the "Employee of the Year for Emory College" award.
From the description of Mary Jo Duncanson papers, ca. 1972-1984. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 62047953
Mary Jo Duncanson was born in Spring Grove, MN in 1947. She received a B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan in 1969 and soon began working for the Federal Education Projects (1969-1974). From 1974 to 1992, Duncanson managed her husband's private practice and beginning in 1992, she went to work for Emory University. Duncanson served as treasurer for the Atlanta chapter of N.O.W. (1973-1975) and as the network chair for the ERA Georgia, Inc. (1981). At Emory, she served as Chair for the College Staff Consortium, Emory College, 1998-1999, and received the Emory College Employee of the Year award in 2000.
From the description of Mary Jo Duncanson oral history interview [sound recording], 2004 April 3. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 288956189
