Cline, Dorothy I.

Dorothy I. Cline was Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico in the Department of Government (1946-1971). She was politically active on the state and national levels. She served as chairman of the Bernalillo Commission (1958-1960), a member of the Governor's Committee of 100 on Aging, a public member of the Adivsory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (Washington D.C.), and on several committees for the 1969 New Mexico Constitutional Convention.

From the description of Dorothy I. Cline collection, 1910-1994 (bulk, 1910-1970). (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37848674

Dorothy Cline was born in Michigan on 28 July 1904 and spent her childhood in the state. Ms. Cline graduated from the University of Michigan in 1926. She later earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago. While at the University of Michigan, she became involved in the League of Women Voters, with which she maintained ties throughout her life. Over the next two decades, Dorothy Cline worked a multiplicity of jobs in a variety of locales. Around 1929, she moved to Cleveland to work for the League of Women Voters. She subsequently lived in Kansas City, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and New York, working for a variety of women's political organizations. Dotty, as her friends often called her, worked for many New Deal era governmental agencies: Works Progress Administration, National Youth Agency, Office of Price Administration, Public Housing Authority and United National Clothing Company. She worked in the 1930s on the building and maintenance of the Federal Housing Authority's community of Willow Run, Michigan. At Willow Run, Cline was in charge of recreational activities and resources. The intersection between recreation and political involvement served as the main area of study for Ms. Cline. Throughout her life, Cline published articles on recreation, citizenship, women in politics and electoral politics in New Mexico. She was accused of Communist activities and subsequently, it appears, expelled from her public employees union. She was vehemently "anti-Communist" (read anti-Stalinist), but still a leftist Democrat. Dorothy Cline arrived in Albuquerque in 1946 and through her connections with Tom Popejoy, she was hired as an adjunct professor at UNM. As the first women in the Department of Government (currently the Department of Political Science), Cline continued to teach and publish at UNM until her retirement in 1970, when she was granted the status VAL REG LIBRN1USARC#LCRAWFORD CNTY LIBR SYSTN1USA®®%j

From the description of Papers, 1915-1990 (bulk 1941-1987). (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 55675880

Dorothy Cline, from pamphlet "Dorothy Cline for District 10 Delegate to the New Mexico Constitutional Convention." (Box 1, Folder 12).

Dorothy Cline was born in Michigan on 28 July 1904 and spent her childhood in the state. Ms. Cline graduated from the University of Michigan in 1926. She later earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago. While at the University of Michigan, she became involved in the League of Women Voters, with which she maintained ties throughout her life. Over the next two decades, Dorothy Cline worked a multiplicity of jobs in a variety of locales. Around 1929, she moved to Cleveland to work for the League of Women Voters. She subsequently lived in Kansas City, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and New York, working for a variety of women's political organizations.

Dotty, as her friends often called her, worked for many New Deal era governmental agencies: Works Progress Administration, National Youth Agency, Office of Price Administration, Public Housing Authority and United National Clothing Company. She worked in the 1930s on the building and maintenance of the Federal Housing Authority's community of Willow Run, Michigan. At Willow Run, Cline was in charge of recreational activities and resources. The intersection between recreation and political involvement served as the main area of study for Ms. Cline. Throughout her life, Cline published articles on recreation, citizenship, women in politics and electoral politics in New Mexico. She was accused of Communist activities and subsequently, it appears, expelled from her public employees union. She was vehemently "anti-Communist" (read anti-Stalinist), but still a leftist Democrat.

Dorothy Cline arrived in Albuquerque in 1946 and through her connections with Tom Popejoy, she was hired as an adjunct professor at UNM. As the first women in the Department of Government (currently the Department of Political Science), Cline continued to teach and publish at UNM until her retirement in 1970, when she was granted the status of Professor Emerita. In 1969 she served as a representative to the controversial Constitutional Convention. In addition to her many other accomplishments, Dorothy Cline also served as the first woman County Commissioner of Bernalillo County and State Director of Health, Education and Recreation. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. She died in Albuquerque on 4 December 1993.

From the guide to the Dorothy I. Cline Papers, 1915-1990 (bulk 1941-1987), (University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research.)