Background
Bright, Margaret was born on November 19, 1918 in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of William Ray and Edna May (Woolwine) Bright.
Bright, Margaret was born on November 19, 1918 in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of William Ray and Edna May (Woolwine) Bright.
Bachelor of Arts California, Berkeley, 1941. Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1950.
Lecturer rural sociology, U. Missouri, 1944-1947; assistant project director, U. P.R., 1950-1951; acting associate professor, Cornell Univercity, 1951-1952; social affairs officer population branch, United Nations, New York City, 1952-1954; research associate, Bureau Applied Social Research Columbia University, New York City, 1954-1957; sociologist-demographer, United Nations Technology Assistance, Bombay, India, 1957-1959; assistant professor chronic diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1959-1963; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1963-1968; director research, Center for Urban Affairs, 1968-1972; associate professor behavioral science, Center for Urban Affairs, 1968-1970; professor, Center for Urban Affairs, 1970-1983; professor emerita, Center for Urban Affairs, since 1983. Member United States Mission Cooperative Health and Sanitation to, Brazil, 1960. Cons.in field.
Member Baltimore Mayor's Task Force on Political Redistricting, 1971. Member Rockefeller Commission on Population and the American Future, 1970-1972. Member American Public Health Association.
Married Herman Binder, 1983.