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Family, childhood in North Carolina and New Jersey; meeting Jack Peltason at University of Missouri, marriage and family; faculty wife at Smith College and University of Illinois, 1947-1959; UC Irvine, founding years, 1964-1967; wife of chancellor, University of Illinois, 1967-1977; wife of chancellor, UC Irvine, 1984-1992; wife of UC president, 1992-1995; media relations, affirmative action controversy, Blake House; reflections on women's movement, defining the role of spouses of academic administrators; efforts of chancellors' wives for official recognition.