Background
O'Shea, Alice Tuohy was born on March 6, 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Thomas Bernard and Edna Tuohy (Doyle) O'Shea.
O'Shea, Alice Tuohy was born on March 6, 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Thomas Bernard and Edna Tuohy (Doyle) O'Shea.
Juris Doctor, Catholic University America, 1936. Postgrad in speech & drama, 1942. Grad, National Judicial College, 1978.
Staff House Representatives, Washington, 1936—1946. Associate development director Medical Mission Sisters, Fox Chase, Pennsylvania, 1967—1970. Faculty department theology Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, 1966—1967.
Co-founder; original associate director community service Cardinal's Commission Human Relations, 1964—1966. Staff attorney Defender Association, Philadelphia, 1974—1976. Founder, chief legal officer, administrator, child advocacy unit, 1976—1981.
Defender child advocate, 1981. Lecturer field.
Member forensic section Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital. Member Jt. Council Criminal Justice Systems Pennsylvania Commonwealth, 1979—1980, Governor's Commission Status Women, 1967—1973, Middle Atlantic Partnership Children & Youth, 1982.
Advisory board Big Sisters. Chairman board advisory council St. Mar's Home Children, 1958—1964. Board directors, executive committee, vice president Parents Anonymous.
Board directors St. Thomas Moore Society, Northern Home Children. Board directors, executive committee The Bridge, 1978.
Member of American Bar Association, American Arbitration Association, American Psychology Law Society, National Association Women Lawyers, Brehon Legal Society, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association.
Married John Jay O'Shea, May 31, 1947. Children: Sean, Timothy, Kathleen, Patrick.
