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Marjorie M. Whiteman

Born in Ohio and linked to Wauseon, Whiteman became an international law scholar at the State Department for four decades. She helped draft the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights and compiled the 15-volume Whiteman Digest.

Marjorie M. Whiteman
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At a glance

Born
1898
Died
1986
Education
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, to 1920, B.A.
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, to 1928, LL.B., S.J.D.
Known as
Law, Women, Government
Organizations
US Department of State

Life story

Marjorie Whiteman was born in Ohio in 1898 and is on Wauseon's list of notable people. She earned a B.A. at Ohio Wesleyan in 1920, then law degrees at Yale: an LL.B. in 1927 and an S.J.D. in 1928.

She taught high school history for six years before joining the State Department in 1929, where she worked more than forty years and advised ten secretaries of state.

She helped draft the UN Charter in 1945 and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, advised Eleanor Roosevelt at the UN General Assembly from 1945 to 1951, and contributed to the Organization of American States charter. Her 15-volume Digest of International Law remains a standard reference. She entered the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 1979.

Timeline

  • 1898: Born (Ohio) source
  • 1920: B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH) source
  • 1927: LL.B., Yale Law School (New Haven, CT) source
  • 1928: S.J.D., Yale Law School (New Haven, CT) source
  • 1929: Joins the State Department (Washington, DC) source
  • 1945: Helps draft the UN Charter (San Francisco, CA) source
  • 1948: Helps draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights source
  • 1958: National Civil Service League award source
  • 1979: Ohio Women's Hall of Fame (Ohio) source
  • 1986: Dies source

What Marjorie is known for

  • Author of the 15-volume Digest of International Law
  • Advisor on drafting the UN Charter (1945)
  • Digest of International Law (15 volumes)

Honors and things named for them

  • Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, 1979
  • National Civil Service League award, 1958

Ohio places

Where Marjorie M. Whiteman was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.

Further reading

Sources

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