Biographical Sketch on Jean Fairfax

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June 1, 1967

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  • Press Releases, Volume 4. Biographical Sketch on Jean Fairfax, 1967. 98e51dea-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/9417da8d-c5a1-486c-be35-dbb7e81eb62a/biographical-sketch-on-jean-fairfax. Accessed May 12, 2025.

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University of Michigan, 
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Kentucky 2 College: Dean of Women, 1942-44 

Institute: Dean of Women, 19 

Friends Service Committee, 

1946-48 Foreign Service, Austria. Educational 
Dir. of international work camps, 1947 

1949-55 College Secretary, ! E d Region. 
college students and faculty developing progran 
on international relations and domes' 2 
Work with foreign students; organization of summer 
projects. 

1949 Asst. Cir, International Student Seminar USA 
1950 Asst. Dir. Community Service Project, Mexico 
1953 Dir, International Work Camp, tseaci 

program development and supervision with special 
emphasis on school desegregation and 
ment prog: 3 coordination of relations wit 
Federal and private agencies re southern civil 
rights programs. 

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55-56 10 months travel in Africa, followed by a year of 
scturing on African affairs. 

1957-65 National Representative for Southern Programs, AFSC 3

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