A Project of
the San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls,
the Women's Museum of California,
SDSU Women's Studies Department, and UCSD Women's Center.
Anne Hoiberg
2012
Activist
Anne Hoiberg's dedication to improving the conditions for women is remarkable. She earned her Master's in Psychology from San Diego State University and began working as a research psychologist at the Naval Health Research Center. Over the next 25 years, Anne wrote more than 130 scientific articles and presented papers at more than 90 conferences around the world. She worked on women's health issues, women in the military, domestic violence, alcohol abuse, stress-related disease, and the role of the military in society. Anne has written two books, Women and the World of Work and Women as New "Manpower." She served as associate editor for Psychological Reports and Armed Forces and Society and was asked to conduct sexual harassment prevention seminars.
Since the 1980s, Anne has conducted training workshops at international women's rights conferences. She led workshops on "Women and Political Participation" at AWID in Washington, D.C., the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, and the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa. She also led the workshop "Trafficking in Women and Children" at the International Women's Congress in Havana, Cuba. In recognition of her work, Anne was appointed an election supervisor for the U.S. Department of State and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe during elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Belarus, and Ukraine between 1997 and 2004.
In addition to her international work, Anne headed local chapters of the League of Women Voters, the National Women's Political Caucus, Incredible Women Television, and the United Nations Association. She served on the board of directors of Voices for Women, Bilateral Safety Corridor, ACLU, Women's Museum of California, and World Affairs Council. Anne was the director of the United Nations Association Women's Equity Council from 1989-2009. She has also been a member of the California Women's Agenda, San Diego Opera Association, Inter-agency Coalition for Human and Civil Rights, La Jolla Pen Women, Older Women's League, National Council of Negro Women, and the American Association of University Women. Anne's dedication and creativity earned several prestigious awards. She put her passion and talent to work writing short plays and speeches about the suffrage movement, as well as articles on women's empowerment, world peace, and women in the political arena. Her commitment to social change defines activism.