Background
Meggs, Margaret L. was born on August 30, 1953 in Springfield, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Emerson Alford and Margaret Wilkerson Meggs.
Meggs, Margaret L. was born on August 30, 1953 in Springfield, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Emerson Alford and Margaret Wilkerson Meggs.
Associate of Arts with honors, Martin Methodist College, 1973; Bachelor magna cum laude, Lambuth College, 1975; Master of Arts with highest honors, Scarritt Graduate School, 1986.
Abstractor, Vanderbilt television News Archive, Nashville, 1976-1979;
coordinator special projects, American Cancer Society, Nashville, 1979;
coordinator membership, Nebraska Ednl. television, Lincoln, 1979-1981;
associate director development Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1981-1982;
development assistant, Scarritt Graduate School, Nashville, 1983-1984;
religious education consultant, writer, United Methodist Church Ministry of Laity, Nashville, 1984-1985;
administrative assistant, Opportunity Development Center, Nashville, 1986-1989;
administrative assistant Women's Studies Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1989;
director, co-founder, Womanflight Center for Women's Spirituality, Nashville, since 1986. Consultant, ritualist Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation, Nashville, 1986-1989. Workshop leader Women-Church Conference, Cincinnati, 1987.
Workshops leader Woman Quest Convocation, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1990, Woman Spirit Institute, Highlands, North Carolina, 1991.
Volunteer domestic violence shelter Young Women’s Christian Association, Nashville, 1986, 89. Steering committee Take Back the Night March/Rally, Nashville, 1988. Co-secretary Tennessee Alliance for Choice, Nashville, 1989-1990.
Member American Association of University Women (life, branch president 1984-1986, chairman branch nominating committee, division public information chair 1985-1987, assistant editor bulletin 1987-1989, program vice president 1988-1990), Middle Tennessee Women's Studies Association (charter, newsletter editor 1986-1988, treasurer 1988-1989, convenor 1990-1991), National Organization for Women (consultant, ritualist since 1988).