Anita B. Gorman
American advocate
About Anita B. Gorman
Born 1930.
Anita B. Gorman is a conservation advocate from Missouri. She is the first woman who was appointed to the Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners.
Life Gorman was born in Palmyra, Missouri. The family moved to Kansas City in 1943. Her father worked as a mechanic for TWA. She married Gerald Gorman in 1954 and had two daughters.
Philanthropy and Conservation In 1979, Gorman was the first woman appointed to Kansas City's Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. She served as president of the Board from 1986 to 1991.
Gorman helped found the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation, The Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, an educational complex and office for the Missouri Department of Conservation located in Kansas City's Kauffman Legacy Park, is named for her.
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Anita B. Gorman was born on 17 November 1930.
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