Carol Bellamy - part I
June 14, 2010
Carol Bellamy was born in Plainfield, on January 14, 1942. Sheand her younger brother were also raised there, nearby Scotch Plains, New Jersey in a modest home. Their father was a telephone installer, and their mother was a maternity ward nurse. She was an active and wise adolescent, participating in many extracurricular activities at school, she was a member of the choir, appeared in student theatrical productions at Scotch Plains - Fanwood High School, and enjoyed playing several sports. Carol graduated from Fanwood High School in 1959 and was accepted to Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, where she became a member of Delta Gamma, a women fraternity that "offers to women of all ages a rich heritage based on principles of personal integrity, personal responsibility and intellectual honesty. Its primary purpose is to foster high ideals of friendship, promote educational and cultural interests, create a true sense of social responsibility, and develop the finest qualities of character." In 1963 Carol earned a double degree in psychology and sociology becoming the first person inher family to obtain a &#&graduate degree&#& from college. After obtaining her college graduation Carol joined the Peace Corps, an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship. Young volunteers join it to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. She was sent by the Peace Corps to a jungle region of Guatemala, where she began her humanitarian work which consisted in teaching indigenous people to raise chickens, obtaining as a result a good and qualified nutrition by eating chicken eggs. Besides this she participated in a Spanish language local radioprogram giving advice on nutrition and health issues to the audience. Her work in this little village in Guatemala, whereshe remained from 1963 to 1965, left a deep impression in Carol's life. She was for the first time in her life participating in global efforts to help poor children have a healthier and better life. Carol Bellamy realized that if she wanted to do a better job in humanitarian activities, which she really did want, it was necessary to participate in government decisions. Then she decided to begin a political career, for which, in order to be seriously recognized, she needed to be prepared,. And so, Carol Bellamy enrolled as a student at the New York University &#&School of Law&#&. |