Born on June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, SC; daughter of Arthur Jerome (a Baptist minister) and Maggie (Bowen) Wright; married Peter B. Edelman, July 14, 1968; children: Joshua, Jonah, Ezra.
Education: Studied in Paris, France, and Geneva, Switzerland, 1958-59; Spelman College, BA, 1960; Yale University Law School, JD, 1963.
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York City, staff attorney, 1963-64, director of office in Jackson, MS, 1964-68; Washington Research Project of Southern Center for Public Policy, partner, 1968-73; Harvard University Center for Law and Education, director, 1971-73; Children's Defense Fund (CDF), Washington, DC, founder and president, 1973-.
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