About Mary Clark-Glass
Mary Clark-Glass was a British politician.
Mary Burnell Clark-Glass (born April 1944) is an academic, medical administrator and former politician in Northern Ireland.
Clark-Glass became a lecturer in law at the Queens University of Belfast in 1974, and became a known as a commentator on legal and human rights issues and as a prominent feminist. In 1984, she became head of the Northern Ireland Equal Opportunities Commission, and also served as a Human Rights Commissioner on the Northern Ireland Commission for Racial Equality and as Chair of Victim Support. In 1990, she was appointed a CBE. and eighth on the "top-up" list, but did not come close to being elected.
In 1997, Clark-Glass was appointed to the Commission for Racial Equality. She subsequently ceased political activity, and in 1999 was appointed to the General Medical Council. She also became a member of the Health Professions Council and the General Dental Council.
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Northern Irish politician
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