Education
She attended the University of Chicago, earning a bachelor"s degree in 1950 and a master"s degree in social sciences and education in 1951.
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Joyce Miller
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A vice-president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, she was the first woman elected to the executive board of the American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations (American Federation of Labor-Congress-Chief Information Officer). Unable to find a professional union job despite her education, she took a secretarial position with the Cooperative League of America. She became education director for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1962, and later rose to vice-president
In 1980 she was the first woman to be elected to the executive board of the American Federation of Labor-Congress-Chief Information Officer. President Bill Clinton in 1993 appointed her the executive director of the Glass Ceiling Commission established by the Civil Rights Acting of 1991 to study the barriers to the advancement of women and minorities in large corporations.
Membership
She was a founding member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) in 1974, and later served as its president
