Jill Ruckelshaus

Jill Ruckelshaus (née Strickland, born 1937) is a former special White House assistant and head of the White House Office of Women's Programs and a feminist activist.[1][2][3][4] She also served as a commissioner for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.[5]

William Ruckelshaus being sworn in as the first United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator. The people in the photo from left to right are: President Richard Nixon, William Ruckelshaus, Jill Ruckelshaus, and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger.

Work

She is a graduate of Indiana University. [6]

In 1971 she was one of the founders of the National Women's Political Caucus.[7]

She resigned as special White House assistant and head of the White House Office of Women's Programs in 1974, having been part of the White House staff for a little more than a year.[1]

She was appointed by President Gerald Ford as presiding officer of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year in 1975, but resigned as such in 1976.[8] She was also a Representative in the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations World Conference of the International Women's Year in Mexico City, which was from June 19 to July 2, in 1975.[9]

From 1980 to 1983 she served as a commissioner for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.[5]

Currently, Ruckelshaus is a director for the Costco Wholesale Corporation. [10]

Personal life

She married William Ruckelshaus in 1962 and they had three children together.[11]

Media

In 1977 she was photographed by Diana Mara Henry.[12] Ruckelshaus is a main character in the 2020 FX on Hulu mini-series, Mrs. America. She is portrayed by Elizabeth Banks. [13]

References
  1. "Jill Ruckelshaus Quits As White House Aide - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. March 19, 1974. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. "Tucson Daily Citizen Archives, Oct 3, 1973, p. 20". Newspaperarchive.com. October 3, 1973. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. "Notes on People - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. August 3, 1973. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  4. Barbara Love, ed. (September 22, 2006). Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975. University of Illinois Press. pp. 398–. ISBN 978-0-252-03189-2.
  5. sternweis (January 19, 2012). "We're Here for the Long Haul • See You There • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach". Blogs.extension.iastate.edu. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  6. "Indiana University Honors & Awards".
  7. Early History. "History | National Women's Political Caucus". Nwpc.org. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  8. Shelah Gilbert Leader; Patricia Rusch Hyatt (October 19, 2016). American Women on the Move: The Inside Story of the National Women’s Conference, 1977. Lexington Books. pp. 2–, xix-, xx. ISBN 978-1-4985-3600-4.
  9. Media Report to Women. Communication Research Associates, Incorporated.
  10. "Jill Ruckelshaus On the C-SPAN Networks:". C-Span. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  11. "Ruckelshaus, William Doyle (b. 1932)". HistoryLink.org. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  12. "Jill Ruckelshaus, 1977". Credo.library.umass.edu. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  13. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9244556/reference
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