Background
Knowles, Jocelyn Wagner was born on February 22, 1918 in New York City. Daughter of Frederick and Violet Alice (Swain) W.
Health writer women's health specialist
Knowles, Jocelyn Wagner was born on February 22, 1918 in New York City. Daughter of Frederick and Violet Alice (Swain) W.
Student, London School of Economics, 1938. Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1939. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1940.
Master in Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 1970.
Executive director, National Physicians Forum, Inc., New York City, 1945-1949; West Coast editor National Foremen's Institute, Prentice-Hall Company, Los Angeles, 1959-1968; writer, editor, The Female Patient magazine, New York City, 1980-1981; director, Planned Parenthood of S.W., Silver City, New Mexico, 1981-1983; freelance writer, New York City, since 1977; assistant to president, literature agent, Writers House, Inc., New York City, 1989-1992. Book critic Kirkus Revs., 1989-1990, Book of the Month Club, since 1991, Publications Weekly, since 1991.
First woman organizer Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, 1945-1947. Publicist Farmers Union of Iowa, Des Moines, 1951, Golden Gate Arboretum, San Francisco, 1976. Board directors National Womens Health Network, 1981-1985.
Appointed to Sarasota (Florida) Commission on Status of Women, 1994-1996. Secretary Sarasota County Health Care Campaign, 1996-1998, Howard County (Maryland) Commission on Women, 1999-2000. Chairman Advisory Commission on Aging Columbia Association, Maryland, since 2000.
Board directors League of Women Voters, Howard County, Maryland, 2001-2003.
Married Clive Dorman Knowles, 1950 (divorced 1959). 1 child, Katherine Miranda.