Background
Weaver, Gertrude Sophia was born on August 12, 1916 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Herbert Alexander and Gertrude Estelle (Paules) Weaver.
Weaver, Gertrude Sophia was born on August 12, 1916 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Herbert Alexander and Gertrude Estelle (Paules) Weaver.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1938; student, University Munich, 1936-1937; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1939.
Teacher, Linden Hall, Lititz, Pennsylvania, 1939-1940; teacher, Chester (Pennsylvania) High School, 1940-1947; instructor Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) Center,, Pennsylvania State University, 1947-1949; assistant professor Swarthmore and Ogontz Centers, Pennsylvania State University, 1949-1951; teacher, counselor, Frankfurt (Germany) American High School, 1951-1952; teacher, counselor, Munich American High School, 1952-1959; teacher European history and German,, Newark (Delaware) Senior High School, 1959-1979; retired,, 1979. Foreign expert Qingdao (People's Republic China) Ocean U., spring 1983, 85, fall 1988.
Program leader Fellowship House, Chester, 1945-1946. Discussion leader Amerika Haus, United States Information Service, Munich, 1955-1957. Member nominating committee Young Women’s Christian Association, Newark, 1980-1982.
Member National Education Association, American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women (board directors, education representative Newark 1980-1983), League of Women Voters, American Association Teachers German (secretary Philadelphia chapter 1948, treasurer 1964-1966). Delaware Education Association, Newark Schools Education Association, Common Cause, Nature Conservancy, Chinese-American Association Delaware, Friends Newark Free Library.