Background
Perry, Erma Jackson McNeil was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Hooper Martyn and Henrietta D. (Jackson) McNeil.
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Erma Jackson McNeil Perry
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Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1936.
Career
With, Philadelphia Daily News, 1954-1956; feature writer, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1956; feature writer, Philadelphia Bulletin, 1963-1993; syndicated writer, Copley News Service, San Diego, 1967-1993. Vice president Arkwright-Boston Insurance Company. Free-lance contributor national magazines, newspapers.
Achievements
Membership
Member women's committee International House, 1951-1956. Member Friends Social OrderCom., 1956-1966, Friends Prison Service Committee, 1965-1967. Trustee Philadelphia Center Older People, 1960-1967.
Member board Quaker Women, 1964-1969. Active English Speaking Union. Member Bucks County Writers (president 1970), Society American Travel Writers (Photography award 1980, 81, Grand prize in Photography 1983, Best Sell ofArea Picture award 1987), American Society Journalists and Authors, World Affairs Club, Focal Planes Foto Club, Rotary.
Connections
Married Irving C. Perry, April 29, 1939. Children: Dorothy Gayle Perry Toy, Irving C.
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American