Margaret K. Bruce

Overview

Margaret “Molly” Bruce (née Kitchen) born Batley, Yorkshire, England July 13, 1918 (d. 2012). Human rights activist. Lifelong UN employee, 1946-77. Secretary of Human Rights Commission under Eleanor Roosevelt during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1946. Deputy Secretary General, responsible for organizing International Women's Year and first World Conference on Women, Mexico, 1975. (photo unhistory.org)