Charlotte Bunch

Born:October 14, 1944 (age 79)
Career: Founding Director and Senior Scholar, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University, 1989-present
Education:B.A., Duke University

Charlotte Bunch is an advocate focused on international attention to women’s issues and the inclusion of gender and sexual orientation on global human rights agendas.

Born October 13, 1944, in West Jefferson, North Carolina, Bunch is a 1966 magna cum laude graduate of Duke University. She is active as a writer, lesbian activist and lecturer. She created and edited Quest: A Feminist Journal (1974), one of the first journals to promote analysis and policymaking to improve women's rights and status in society.

In 1989, Bunch founded the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University, where she works as the founding director and a senior scholar.


LGBT Religious Archives Network (n.d.). “Bunch, Charlotte” LGBT Religious Archives Network. Retrieved September 19, 2022. https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/collections/bunch-charlotte

National Women’s Hall of Fame (n.d.). “Charlottee Anne Bunch” National Women’s Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 19, 2022. https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/charlotte-anne-bunch/

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