Dunkle, Margaret C., 1947-

Margaret Claire Dunkle, daughter of Maurice Albert and Hannah Margaret Dunkle, was born in 1947, in Maryland. She received her B.A. from Syracuse University in 1969. She was a research assistant at Tufts University and a research associate at Bio-Dynamics, Inc. (1969-1971); associate director of the Project on the Status and Education of Women, Association of American Colleges (1972-1977); special assistant in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1977-1979); consultant (1979-1982); project director for the Health Equity Project (1980-1982); partner in Brown & Dunkle (1982-1985); executive director and founder of The Equality Center (1982-1990); director of the American Association of University Women Educational Fund (1990-1991); and director of policy exchange at the Institute for Educational Leadership (1991). She was also co-founder and the first chairman of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (1975-1977). She was a member of the Federal Organizations for Professional Women (national president, 1979-1980), the American Educational Research Association (recipient of the Activist and Policy Award, 1990), the National Council for Research on Women (board of directors, 1991-1992), the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, and the Girard St. Association (co-founder and coordinator, 1981-1993). She was the author of Competitive Athletics: In Search of Equal Opportunity (1977) and Just What the Doctor Should Have Ordered: A Prescription for Sex-Fair School Health Services (1989), and the co-author of Exploitation from 9 to 5: Report of the Twentieth Century Task Force on Women and Employment (1975) and Mobility in the Marketplace: Case Studies of Programs, Policies and Practices That Provide Working Women with Career Mobility (1981). She contributed to Women's Centers--Where Are They? (1974), and wrote chapters and articles for numerous books and journals.

From the guide to the Papers, 1957-1993, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

Margaret Claire Dunkle, daughter of Maurice Albert and Hannah Margaret Dunkle, was born 1947, in Maryland. She received her B.A. from Syracuse University in 1969. She was associate director of the Project on the Status and Education of Women, Association of American Colleges (1972-1977); special assistant in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1977-1979); consultant (1979-1982); project director for the Health Equity Project (1980-1982); partner in Brown ? executive director and founder of The Equality Center (1982-1990); director of the American Association of University Women Educational Fund (1990-1991); and director of policy exchange at the Institute for Educational Leadership (1991). She was also co-founder and the first chairman of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (1975-1977). She was a member of the Federal Organizations for Professional Women (national president, 1979-1980) and the National Council for Research on Women (board of directors, 1991-1992). She was the author of Competitive Athletics: In Search of Equal Opportunity (1977), co-author of Mobility in the Marketplace: Case Studies of Programs, Policies and Practices that Provide Working Women with Career Mobility (1981), and contributed to Women's Centers--Where Are They? (1974).

From the description of Papers, 1957-1993 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122471256