While she was in her twenties, Tucker began volunteer work at the first rape crisis center in
Austin, Texas in 1973. Tucker helped to pass the
Violence Against Women Act by acting as the founding chair of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. She also participated in the Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence. She served from 2000-2003 as the co-chair of the task force, as appointed by then-president
George W. Bush and then-Secretary-of-State
Donald Rumsfeld. She currently serves as the executive director of the National Center for Domestic Violence. For her work, Tucker has received numerous honors and awards, including Public Citizen of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers, and the Standing In The Light of Justice Award and the Marshall Domestic Violence Peace Prize both by the National Network to End Domestic Violence. ==Further resources==