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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Anne Firth Murray papers
creator:
Murray, Anne Firth
Identifier/Call Number: SC1412
Physical Description:
40.5 Linear Feet
(27 cartons)
Date (inclusive): circa 1970s-2018
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information
on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Anne Firth Murray, a New Zealander, was educated at the University of California and New York University in economics, political
science, and public administration, with a focus on international health policy and women's reproductive health. She has worked
at the United Nations as a writer, taught in Hong Kong and Singapore, and spent several years as an editor with Oxford, Stanford,
and Yale University presses.
For the past twenty-five years, she has worked in the field of philanthropy, serving as a consultant to many foundations.
From 1978 to the end of 1987, she directed the environment and international population programs of the Hewlett Foundation
in California. She is the Founding President of The Global Fund for Women, which provides funds internationally to seed, strengthen,
and link groups committed to women's well being. Currently, she is a scholar/activist at the Union Institute and a Consulting
Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University.
Ms. Murray serves on several boards and councils of non-profit organizations, including the African Women’s Development Fund,
Commonweal, the Global Justice Center (Chair), GRACE (a group working on HIV/AIDS in East Africa), Hesperian Foundation, and
UNNITI (a women's foundation in India). She is the recipient of many awards and honors for her work on women’s health and
philanthropy, and in 2005 she was nominated as one of a group of 1,000 women for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Biographical information from: https://web.stanford.edu/~afmurray/
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materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
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Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. Restrictions also
apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
Anne Firth Murray papers (SC1412). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Anne Firth Murray, 2018.
Papers include Murray’s Global Fund for Women and Hewlett Foundation files; teaching files; professional files; and subject
files.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women's rights -- Developing countries
Social Action
Murray, Anne Firth
Global Fund for Women
Hewlett Foundation