Background
Browne, Jane Cotton was born on November 19, 1912 in St. Paul. Daughter of Donald Reed and Grace (Gillette) Cotton.
Browne, Jane Cotton was born on November 19, 1912 in St. Paul. Daughter of Donald Reed and Grace (Gillette) Cotton.
Degree, Wells College, 1932.
Administrative assistant Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, 1944—1954. Office manager, director special gifts American City Bureau, Portland, Oregon, 1947—1948. Director field consultant Planned Parenthood, New York, 1956—1958.
Executive director Planned Parenthood Minneapolis, 1951—1956, Planned Parenthood Association Chicago Area, 1958—1969. Senior fellow Adlai Stevenson Institute International Affairs, 1969. Chairman executive directors council Planned Parenthood-World Population, 1965—1968.
Member steering committee N. Cook County Office Economic Opportunity, 1966—1969. Governor board Cook County, Office Economic Opportunity, 1966—1969. Founder, member Family Planning Coordinating Council Metropolitan Chicago, 1967—1971.
Member health committee, welfare committee Evanston Anti-Poverty Council, 1967—1969. Member Governor's State-Wide Advisory Council, Illinois Division Health Planning & Resource Development, Committee Health Care Facilities, 1968—1971. Member professional advisory panel Welfare Council Metropolitan Chicago, 1969—1971.
Advisory council Comprehensive Health Planning, Inc., Metropolitan Chicago, 1969—1971. Family planning consultant, research associate Center Population Studies, University Minnesota, since 1970. United States delegate International Planned Parenthood Conference, Singapore, 1963, Bangdung, Indonesia, 69.
Consultant Near East South Asia Division Agency for International Development, 1968. Project director Arkansas Family Planning Council, 1970—1971, special consultant, 1971—1973. Family planning consultant Office Economic Opportunity, Washington, 1970—1973.
Consultant National Center Family Planning Services, Region VIII, Department Health, Education & Welfare, 1972—1973. Program adviser Naomi Gray Associates, since 1970, international traveler, lecturer. Board directors Opportunity Workshop, Minneapolis, since 1972.
Budget allocations committee member United Way Minneapolis, 1974—1977. Board directors, chairman public affairs committee member Metropolitan Young Women’s Christian Association, Minneapolis, since 1977.
Member of National Conference Social Welfare, American Public Health Association, Minneapolis Board Realtors (associate).
Married Harry C. Browne, May 17, 1941 (divorced May 1954). 1 child Marshall Gillette.