Background
Baggett, Harriette Lane was born on August 2, 1922 in St. Louis. Daughter of James Purcell and Sallie Atwood (Bodley) Lane.
Baggett, Harriette Lane was born on August 2, 1922 in St. Louis. Daughter of James Purcell and Sallie Atwood (Bodley) Lane.
AB, Maryville College, St. Louis, 1942; Master of Science, St. Saint Louis University, 1949; Master of Divinity, Christ Seminary-Seminex, 1981.
Research assistant biochemistry, St. Saint Louis University Dental School, 1947-1951;
research assistant biochemistry, Harvard University School Dental Medicine, Boston, 1954-1957;
research assistant biochemistry, U. North Carolina Medical School, Chapel Hill, 1959, 61;
member of staff homeless shelter, St. Louis Catholic Worker Community, 1978-1990;
pastoral and educational assistant, Visitation Catholic Church, St. Louis, 1981-1983;
consultant, Reproductive Health Superior vena cava syndrome, St. Louis, 1987-1991. National core commissioner Women's Ordination Conference, Fairfax, Virginia, 1984-1987. Convenor St. Louis Caths. for Choice, St. Louis, 1987-1993.
Chaplain's assistant Veterans Administration Hospital. St. Louis and Truman Hospital, St. Louis, 1978-1980.
Board of directors Young Women’s Christian Association, Charleston, South Carolina., 1974-1975, Missouri Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, St. Louis, 1987-1993, League of Women Voters, Charleston, 1970-1973. Local activist Caths. for Free Choice, since 1985. Member National Organization for Women (charter).
Married Billy Baggett, November 23, 1949 (divorced October 1976). Children: Sarah Bodley, William Brown, Mary Lane, Teresa Lee, Harriet Lane.