What did Shirley Temple black do when she was a teenager?

Answer 1

Shirley Temple Black raised two children, co-founded the National Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies in 1961, and made an unsuccessful run for Congress in 1967. Two years later she was appointed to be a US representative to the United Nations. She was a representative to the UN Conference on the Human Environment and also served as a delegate on the Joint Committee for the USSR-USA Environmental Treaty. Later, she became a US commissioner for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In 1974, Black was appointed US ambassador to Ghana. At the end of that tour of duty, she was made the US Chief of Protocol. In 1981, she became one of the founding members of the American Academy of Diplomacy and in 1988 she became the first Honorary Foreign Service Officer of the United States. Black went on to serve as the US ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992. She also served on several boards and committees and has released two autobiographical books.

Shirley Temple got married. Her full name is Shirley Temple Black, and under that name she became an Ambassador for the United States. See her biography at the link.