Post by Okwes on Feb 16, 2006 10:14:49 GMT -5
HELENA, Mont. A prominent supporter of women's causes, who also
advocated for Montana's American Indians, has died at age 89.
Mary Condon Gereau (juh-ROH') died Sunday in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
As Montana superintendent of schools in the 1950s, Gereau pushed for
public school systems on Montana's seven American Indian reservations.
Gereau worked as a teacher, and on education legislation at the state
and federal levels, for nearly four decades.
She served as assistant executive director of the White House Conference
on Education in 1960, and lobbied for federal education legislation that
included Head Start and the Higher Education Act of 1965.
In 2000, Gereau was given a medal of honor by the Veteran Feminists of
America, for her work on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment and
related women's causes.
advocated for Montana's American Indians, has died at age 89.
Mary Condon Gereau (juh-ROH') died Sunday in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
As Montana superintendent of schools in the 1950s, Gereau pushed for
public school systems on Montana's seven American Indian reservations.
Gereau worked as a teacher, and on education legislation at the state
and federal levels, for nearly four decades.
She served as assistant executive director of the White House Conference
on Education in 1960, and lobbied for federal education legislation that
included Head Start and the Higher Education Act of 1965.
In 2000, Gereau was given a medal of honor by the Veteran Feminists of
America, for her work on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment and
related women's causes.