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Fulcher, Clair (1925-)
As dean of women, associate
dean of students, and professor of education at
the University of Bridgeport in CT (1954 - 1973),
Fulcher worked with students, faculty and administrators
using her feminist approach. She began her private
practice as a psychotherapist and organizational
consultant in New York in 1975. Fulcher has served
as director of the National YWCA Women's Resource
Center, and has been an activist in the AAUW,
International Federation of University Women,
and the United Nations on behalf of women worldwide.
Permanent NGO representative to the United Nations
for the International Federation of Business and
Professional Women since 1981, Fulcher was awarded
it Badge of Honor in 2005. Fulcher was also the
founding convener of the NGO committee on UNIFEM;
was on the planning committee for Beijing in 1995.
Fulcher also represented the IFUM on the executive
committee of the NY NGO committee on the status
of women, was VP of the IFUM, and was a delegate
to the UN Conference in Copenhagen (1980). She
has been involved in branch, state, regional and
national sectors of AAUW, serving as president
of CT state, and as first VP of AAUW (1969 - 1977)
and the National AAUW Educational Foundation Board.
In honor of her service, the Dr. Claire Fulcher
AAUW International Fellowship Endowment was created.
Fulcher, who received the VFA Medal of Honor in
1998, received her B.A. from Pomona College, her
M.A. from Stanford University, and her Ed.D. from
Columbia University Teachers College.
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