We write with heavy hearts to inform you that we lost Rebecca Lubetkin, colleague, educator, VFA board member and friend early this morning. Becky passed away peacefully in her sleep, resting beside her beloved Daniel with her daughters by her side. Although we can barely scratch the surface of her accomplishments and influence over the years, a link to [...]
The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America, published on August 15, 2023 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Author Katherine Turk says, "I spent two decades researching NOW, a key force in history whose full story had never been told. The Women of NOW spotlights three diverse and lesser-known figures who worked to organize women across [...]
New York – On September 10th, a celebration of the life of Barbara J. Love, a seminal figure of the women’s, lesbian and gay rights movements, who died at 85 on November 13, 2022, will be held at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center at 208 West 13th St., New York, NY. Fearless, daring and a prominent [...]
A close friend of Gloria Steinem, she toured with her and spoke widely about the need for women to confront racism and classism in their ranks. Read her obituary here.
As an activist and an author, she was determined to demystify and normalize the lesbian experience, and to integrate it into the women’s movement. From The New York Times, Dec. 1, 2022 Barbara Love, a feminist activist who fought for gay rights and for lesbians to have a place — and a voice — in the women’s movement in its [...]
Sheila Tobias, Who Defined ‘Math Anxiety,’ Dies at 86 Feeling jittery about math — and altogether avoiding it — “is a serious handicap” that often affected women, she wrote in Ms. magazine in 1976, followed by a book on the subject. When Sheila Tobias finished her freshman year at Radcliffe College in 1954, her professor in a natural sciences [...]
Barbara Ehrenreich, the author, activist and self-described “myth buster” who in such notable works as “Nickel and Dimed” and “Bait and Switch” challenged conventional thinking about class, religion and the very idea of an American dream, has died at age 81. See her Pioneer Histories page here. Ehrenreich died Thursday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, according to her son, the [...]
The Real Reason Why the GOP Is Rushing to Pass Abortion Bans Without Exceptions for Rape BY MARK JOSEPH STERN JULY 19, 20221:29 PM The Supreme Court’s June 24 decision overruling Roe v. Wade unleashed an immediate and relentless flood of cruelty against pregnant Americans. Child victims of rape and incest, including a 10-year-old girl in Ohio, must cross state lines to obtain abortions. Patients undergoing a [...]
The New York Historical Society is rapidly approaching the May 13 opening of their Title IX exhibit, "Activism On and Off the Field," which runs through September 4. In addition, there is a two-case installation on the ERA now on display on the 4th floor just outside the gallery. The ERA display includes the dress worn by Muriel Fox [...]
Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975 Edited by Barbara J. Love University of Illinois Press Now available as an e-book from multiple sources: Amazon (Kindle) Barnes & Noble (Nook) Google Books The ultimate source of information on the modern women's movement Over 2200 Biographies of Feminist Leaders (Yes, all Leaders!) Countless QUOTES in leaders' own words 2,200 biographies with pictures of [...]