Roberta Williams Francis

Background

Francis, Roberta Williams was born on February 15, 1943 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Robert Franklin and Emma Louise (Gibble) Williams.

Education

AB summa cum, Dickinson College, 1964; Master of Arts in English Literature, Boston University, 1965.

Career

Editor, Little Brown & Co, Boston, 1966-1968; reporter, Chatham (New Jersey) Courier, 1981-1982; women's issues director, League of Women Voters, Trenton, New Jersey, 1981-1985; author, researcher, League of Women Voters, Washington, 1987-1988; workshop coordinator Center for American Woman and Politics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1985, 87; project coordinator Women's Rights Litigation Clinic, Rutgers University, Newark, 1988-1989; project specialist Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1989-1990; director division on women, Department Comty. Affairs, Trenton, New Jersey, 1990-1994; consultant New Jersey project inclusive scholarship, curriculum, teaching, William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey, since 1994.

Achievements

• Roberta Williams Francis has been listed as a noteworthy Gender equity consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member New Jersey Task Force on Equitable Compensation, 1984-1987, Board Education, Chatham, New Jersey, 1984-1988, New Jersey Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, 1987-1990,Women's Agenda of New Jersey, Bipartisan Coalition for Women's Appointments. Chairperson Morris County Human Rels. Commission, since 1995.

Member League of Women Voters.

Connections

Married Samuel Hopkins Francis, June 5, 1965. Children: Erika Lynne, Christopher Samuel.

Father:

Robert Franklin Williams

Mother:

Emma Louise (Gibble) Williams

Spouse:

Samuel Hopkins Francis

child:

Erika Lynne Francis

child:

Christopher Samuel Francis