Background
Truitt, Charlotte Frances was born on February 8, 1922 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Frank Wilson and Charlotte (Hook) Truitt.
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Charlotte Frances Truitt
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Student, Ohio State University, 1941-1946; Master of Arts in Christian Education, Methodist Theological School, Delaware, Ohio, 1976; Master of Divinity, Methodist Theological School, Delaware, Ohio, 1977.
Career
Assistant director youth program, Young Women’s Christian Association, Columbus, Ohio., 1965-1968;
director youth program, Young Women’s Christian Association, Columbus, Ohio., 1968-1970;
director family life and racial justice programs, Young Women’s Christian Association, Columbus, Ohio., 1970-1972;
mission coordinator and youth minister, First Cmty. Church, Columbus, 1972-1975;
minister Christian education, Broad St. United Methodist Church, Columbus, 1975-1976;
consultant, trainer, Action Training Network, Ohio and Maine, 1976-1990. President of the board Family Life and Sex Education Council, Columbus, 1971-1972.
Board directors Ohio Council Churches, Columbus, 1973-1974. Delegate United Church of Christ, Nicaragua, 1983, and co-founder National Witness for Peace, 1983.
Achievements
Membership
President board directors North Control Mental Health Center, Columbus, 1973-1974. Member Columbus Urban League Education Commission, 1965-1967, Hancock Comprehensive Plan Commission, Hancock, Maine, 1990. Chair scholarship board Thorsen Scholarship Fund, Hancock, 1988-1989.
Board directors, finance chair The Next Step Domestic Violence Project, Ellsworth, Maine, 1993-1994. Board directors Witness for Peace, personnel chair, 1983-1985, chair, 1994-1995. Member American Association of University Women, Hancock-Waldo Clergy Association, Friends Taunton Bay, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Peace Action, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, United Church of Christ Christians for Justice Action, Witness for Peace.
Interests
Connections
Married Robert Kennedy Carter, March 17, 1946 (divorced 1972). Children: Mary Elizabeth Carter O'Brien, Robert Truitt Carter. Married Robert Harold Bonthius Senior, April 29, 1977.
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American
Awards
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Recipient Martin Luther King Junior award National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Portland, Maine, 1989, Distinguished Svc. award The Next Step Domestic Violence Project, Ellsworth, 1994.Recipient Martin Luther King Junior award National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Portland, Maine, 1989, Distinguished Svc. award The Next Step Domestic Violence Project, Ellsworth, 1994.