{"product_id":"accidental-activist-paperback","title":"Accidental Activist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Allen Jolley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Allen Jolley served as legislative assistant to Congressman Carl Elliott, D-AL, helping draft the National Defense Education Act of 1958. She later\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaccepted an appointment by President Kennedy to staff the advisory panel on vocational education in the USA and help draft the Vocational Education Act of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1964. Both legislations opened higher education to people regardless of financial means, and helped bring women and minorities into the educational mainstream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking in governmental affairs for the American Vocational Association, she helped bring other organizations to jointly and effectively appeal to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCongress for increased funding for education. These acts impacted higher education as much as the post-war G. I. Bill did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaving Washington, Jolley first served as vice president for development at Trident Community College in Charleston, South Carolina, where among other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuccesses, she established a program to increase the enrollment of women in technical programs leading to higher-paid careers. She was recruited home to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe University of Alabama, where she served as director of economic development, and helped devise strategies to recruit major industry (JVC, Mercedes)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto Alabama, at the same time working with communities throughout the state on local projects, and fostering the development of Family Resource Centers as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea concrete step toward ending intergenerational poverty. A person of boundless energy and absolute integrity, Mary Allen Jolley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtinued to help people make better lives through almost 30 years of retirement. In all she did, Jolley was an advocate for social justice, and in her last\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears she worked with others in Tuscaloosa toward an acknowledgment of its history, striving for racial reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs beloved in her personal life as she was respected in her career, Mary's joyous engagement in living has influenced generations of her family, friends, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand co-workers to embrace her example and work to make the world a better place for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885567029400,"sku":"9781604893816","price":28.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/K3UxNTU3FU9781604893816.webp?v=1782963057","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/accidental-activist-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}