Anne Firth Murray (born June 23, 1935 in Whanganui, New Zealand) is an activist, author, teacher at

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, and nonprofit founder. Murray is the founding president of the

Global Fund for Women The Global Fund for Women is a non-profit foundation funding women's human rights initiatives. It was founded in 1987 by New Zealander Anne Firth Murray, and co-founded by Frances Kissling and Laura Lederer to fund women's initiatives around th ...

, which raises and gives away money to groups around the world supporting women's human rights. She founded the organization in 1987 and continued to act as president until 1996.Women's Building: Anne Firth Murray
She previously led philanthropic efforts on population and environmental issues for the

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, commonly known as the Hewlett Foundation, is a private foundation, established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder William Redington Hewlett and his wife Flora Lamson Hewlett in 1966. The Hewlett Foundation aw ...

from 1978 to 1987. Prior to that, she was a writer at the

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and an editor at the Stanford, Oxford, and Yale university presses. Murray has been teaching on international women's health and human rights at Stanford University since 2001. Since 2010 she has also taught a course on "love as a force for social justice."Palo Alto Weekly: Local women nominated for Nobel
/ref> She is a board member and/or advisor to several organizations, including

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, Grass Roots Alliance for Community Education (GRACE), Initiative for Equality (IfE), and No Means No Worldwide (NMNW). In 2005, she was one of a thousand women jointly nominated for the

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...

. In 2022 she was awarded the

Society of Woman Geographers The Society of Woman Geographers was established in 1925 at a time when women were excluded from membership in most professional organizations, such as the Explorers Club, who would not admit women until 1981. It is based in Washington, D.C., and h ...

Outstanding Achievement Award. Murray is the author of two books: ''Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change'' and ''From Outrage to Courage: The Unjust and Unhealthy Situation of Women in Poorer Countries and What They Are Doing About It.''

Bibliography

* ''From Outrage to Courage: The Unjust and Unhealthy Situation of Women in Poorer Countries and What They Are Doing About It.'' (2013: 2nd edition)'' * ''Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change'' (2006)

References

External links

Stanford Web Site

Personal Web Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Anne Firth Living people 1935 births American women's rights activists New York University alumni People from Whanganui