| Summary: | Nonprofit executive and educator Alyce Faye Wattleton was born on July 8, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1959, she earned her high school diploma from Calhoun High School in Port Lavaca, Texas. Wattleton received her B.S. degree in nursing from Ohio State University in 1964 and her M.S. degree in midwifery and maternal and infant health from Columbia University in 1967. Wattleton began her nursing career as an instructor at Miami Valley Hospital in Ohio, teaching nursing obstetrics and labor and delivery. In 1970, she was named executive director of the Dayton-Miami Valley chapter of Planned Parenthood. From 1978 until 1992, Wattleton served as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. In 1995, she became president of the Center for the Advancement of Women. Wattleton was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993, and in 1996, she published her memoir, Life on the Line.
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