"[4] In 1973, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from Grand Valley State University.
[7] Gould realized that she was "viewing her life through the prism of gender" and shortly after she left her marriage and went to graduate school at Harvard University.
[4] In 1988, Gould started the Institute for Women's Economic Development under the Tufts University umbrella.
[4] In 1990, she created the Collaborative Fund for Women's Economic Development (CFWED), one of the first of its kind in the country.
"[10] The project involved multiple funders to pool money together into a larger sum in order to lower individual groups' risk.
During her time as president, she expanded grantmaking to further include community project that emphasized sustainable change.