United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Georgia Women's Political Caucus1980/1989Beth Susan Schapiro (born 1949), political consultant, feminist and social activist, obtained degrees from the University of Maryland (1971, B.S. in education) and Emory University(M.A., Ph.D., 1977; 1979, in political science). From 1971-1979, she taught in both public and private schools and colleges. Schapiro was active and held offices with several Georgia and national organizations including the Feminist Action Alliance, Inc., ERA Georgia,Inc. (formerly Georgia Council for the ERA), the Women's Political Caucus, and Women Business Owners, Inc. She was a founding member of the Atlanta Women's Foundation and a member of the Leadership Atlanta Board of Trustees. Schapiro was a strategist for numerous political candidates in Georgia and elsewhere, and her clients included many firsts, first woman, Black, Hispanic, Asian-American and/or openly gay candidate elected to a particular office. In addition to holding several appointed positions on both the local and state levels, Schapiro was Executive Director of Research Atlanta, 1981-1984, and began Beth Schapiro and Associates, a polling and strategic consulting firm in Atlanta,Georgia in 1984. She has run the firm, now The Schapiro Group, Inc., ever since. In addition to other awards and honors, Beth Schapiro was inducted into the YWCA's Academy of Women Achievers in 1994 and was selected as Georgia Equality's Queen of the Political Jungle in 2003. In 2009, she was honored as SHERO of the Year by the Georgia State University Women's Collection.image/jp2engAtlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Libraryhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/SERIES VII: ArtifactsBeth S. Schapiro papershttps://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/6Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement ArchivesGeorgia Women's Political CaucusWomen--Political activityGeorgia Women's Political Caucus [name badge], circa 1980sStillImage