Carolyn R. Payton
/Overview
Carolyn Robertson Payton born Norfolk, VA May 13, 1925 (d. 2001). Psychologist; first woman and first African-American to head US Peace Corps, 1977-78; resigned in protest.
Quotations
"It is wrong to use the Peace Corps as a means of delivering a message to particular constituencies in the US, or to export a particular political ideology." (photo feministvoices.com)