Marcia Gallo
American historian
Marcia M. Gallo (born c. 1951) is an American historian and author. She is professor emerita at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her 2016 non-fiction book, No One Helped, won the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction and Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Nonfiction.
Early life and education
Gallo was born c. 1951, in Wilmington, Delaware, and has two younger brothers: Ed and Mike Maggitti. She attended St. Peter’s Cathedral School and Padua Academy, and graduated high school in 1969.
Gallo took courses at San Francisco State University and eventually earned a degree from Holy Names University. She earned her doctorate in history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) in 2004.
Career
Gallo began her career as a secretary working at DuPont. After marrying in 1973, she became a stay-at-home housewife for a short time before taking on a secretary position at Today, Inc.
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