Born in Hanover, New Hampshire,[1] Morgan earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1960.
[1] After one term on the Board of Supervisors, Morgan was elected to the California State Senate in 1984 to represent the 11th District and re-elected in 1988 and 1992.
[4] She was also a member of the Education; Budget and Fiscal Review; Transportation, Energy and Public Utilities; and Revenue and Taxation Committees in the Senate.
[5] She resigned from the Senate effective August 17, 1993, to become President and CEO of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network,[1] a nonprofit organization composed of business, government, and education groups seeking to improve the Silicon Valley region's economic growth and quality of life the following the early 1990s recession.
[6] Later that year, she co-founded the Morgan Family Foundation, which awards grants to youth programs, education, and environmental conservation[3][7] and was elected to a five-year term on the Stanford University Board of Trustees.