1. Evelyn Murphy is the president of The WAGE Project, a United States nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating wage discrimination against women; a resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, and a corporate director.
Evelyn Murphy's father was stationed with the army in the Panama Canal Zone, where her mother joined him in 1939.
At the age of six weeks, Evelyn Murphy was brought to her grandmother's home in Massachusetts.
Evelyn Murphy continued to hold dual US-Panamanian citizenship until the age of 19, when she took the oath of US citizenship in Washington, DC.
Evelyn Murphy earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Duke University, a master's degree in economics from Columbia University, and a doctorate in economics from Duke University.
Evelyn Murphy was a fellow at the Institute of Politics of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Evelyn Murphy served as Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs from 1974 to 1978.
In 1982 Evelyn Murphy sought the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor, losing to John Kerry.
In 1986 Evelyn Murphy ran for Lieutenant Governor against State Senator Gerard D'Amico in the Democratic primary, winning by 374,714 votes to 248,671 votes for D'Amico.
Evelyn Murphy described their relationship by stating "there is no good will here and certainly no mutual respect".
Dukakis twice postponed a trade mission to Europe because Evelyn Murphy hinted at a news conference that she would execute her own economic plan while serving as acting governor.
Today Evelyn Murphy is a resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, vice chair of the board of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company, a director of the Citizens Energy Corporation, a director of the Commonwealth Institute, and a trustee of Regis College.
Evelyn Murphy has been awarded 11 honorary degrees and over 100 national, state, and local awards.
In conjunction with the book, Evelyn Murphy founded The WAGE Project to battle wage discrimination against working women.
Evelyn Murphy has testified before US Senate and House committee hearings on pay discrimination against women.