Background
Davison, Jean Davis was born on March 8, 1937 in Upland, California, United States. Daughter of Madison Thenton and Elizabeth Virginia (Reynolds) Davis.
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Voices from Mutira: Change in the Lives of Rural Gikuyu Women, 1910-1995:2nd (Second) edition
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Voices from Mutira: Changes in the Lives of Rural Gikuyo Women, 1910-1995
(Documenting the changes occurring since the 1984 study, t...)
Documenting the changes occurring since the 1984 study, this edition provides a collection of life histories from the women of Mutira. Two new introductory chapters frame the life histories within the context both of significant macro-level transitions in Kenya and current thinking on gender.
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Jean Davis Davison
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Bachelor in International Relations, Scripps College, 1959. Master of Arts in Education, St. Mary's College, Moraga, California, 1980. Master of Arts in Anthropology, Stanford University, 1983.
Doctor of Philosophy in International Development Education, Stanford University, 1985.
Career
Multi-ethnic curriculum coordinator Kentfield (California) School District, 1968-1970. Secondary school teacher Tamalpais Union High School, Larkspur, California, 1972-1981. Founder, 1st director International Development Education Association, San Anselmo, 1986-1989.
Coordinator Master of Arts program, senior lecturer University Malawi, Zomba, South Africa, 1989-1992. Visiting scholar Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University, 1992-1993. Research director Ethiopia Education Demand Study Academy Education Development, Washington, since 1993.
Member advisory board Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Marin County, California, 1967-1969. Board member Society International Development, San Francisco, 1988-1989, 92-94. Member Marin County Grand Jury, 1995.
Principal researcher projects United States Agency for International Development, World Bank, Harvard, Washington, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Academy for Educational Development, United Nations World Food Program, since 1990.
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Voices from Mutira: Changes in the Lives of Rural Gikuyo Women, 1910-1995
(Documenting the changes occurring since the 1984 study, t...)
- Voices from Mutira: Change in the Lives of Rural Gikuyu Women, 1910-1995:2nd (Second) edition
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Voices from Mutira: Changes in the Lives of Rural Gikuyo Women, 1910-1995
Membership
Member Human Rights Commission County of Marin, San Rafael, 1966-1967. Co-chair Forum for International Development Organizations, San Francisco, 1988-1989. Member International Development Education Association (president 1986, treasurer 1992, award 1989), American Anthropol.
Society, African Studies Association, Comparative and International Education Society (award 1993), International Diplomacy Council, League of Women Voters (vice president Central Marin County 1968-1970, board directors 1966-1970).
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Married William VanDyke Glascock, September 6, 1959 (divorced June 1976). Children: Stephen L., William R., Annual.
