McWilliams, Monica (1954–)
McWilliams, Monica (1954–)
Northern Ireland politician. Born April 28, 1954, in Kilrea, Co. Derry, Northern Ireland.
Won a postgraduate scholarship to University of Michigan and became an urban planner in Detroit; returned to Northern Ireland (1978); became a lecturer, professor of social policy and women's studies, University of Ulster; active in the civil rights movement; was a founder member of Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (NIWC, 1996); representing NIWC, elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Belfast (1998).
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