Gibson-Ferrey, Dorothy Wiggins, 1917-
Dorothy Wiggins Gibson-Ferrey was born in New London, Connecticut in 1917. She attended Southern Seminary (Buena Vista, VA), and the University of San Diego. She was elected in 1972 as the first chair of the re-formed Georgia Commission on the Status of Women, having served on the board of the Fulton County Department of Children and Youth and the Georgia Committee on Crime and Delinquency. She was a member of Mayor Andrew Young's Civilian Review Board from 1986 to 1989, and also served as a board member of the Council on Battered Women.
From the description of Dorothy Gibson-Ferrey oral history interview [sound recording], 1996 May 9. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 288957755
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