She received both an AB and MA from the University of Michigan, graduating Phi Beta Kappa.
After completing her education and working on a World War II assembly line, Allan began her career as an educator teaching English in the Dearborn and Detroit school systems.
[1] She went on to serve as the Chair of President Nixon's Taskforce on Women's Rights and Responsibilities in 1969.
She was also the Director of the Graduate School of Women's Studies at George Washington University from 1977 to 1983.
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