Addition to Dorothy and Douglas Steere papers

Dorothy Lou MacEachron was born December 22, 1907, in Grand Haven, Michigan, and graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan in 1928. After her marriage to Douglass Steere in 1929, she and Douglas worked together for Quakerism and for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). As a member of the AFSC from 1945 to 1980. Her first contribution to the organization was as a work camp leader in 1945, and in 1949, she served on the American Friends Service Personnel Committee. Steere noted that her special interest in the committee was in "communication with people of all kinds, growth and awareness of ourselves as persons, of others, and their needs." This commitment to all peoples can be seen in her involvement with Civil Rights during the 1950s and 1960s. Between 1956 and 1958, Dorothy Steere corresponded with Martin Luther King Jr. on issues such as the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott and race relations in the South. Dorothy gave many talks and addresses at retreats, conferences, and religious meetings. Several of her essays were featured in Quaker journals and publications such as Inward Light, Friendly Woman, and The Friend. Steere also wrote a pamphlet entitled "The Whole World in His Hands" in 1965. She died in 2003, at the age of 95.