September 16th would have been Kate’s 87th Birthday and while we mourn the loss of Kate’s remarkable presence on this planet, we celebrate with love and admiration, Kate’s brilliance and bravery; her profound dedication to achieving human rights for the most vulnerable among us. We remember her humor, compassion and generosity. For me, with forty years of memories, I [...]
VFA founder Jacqui Ceballos will be celebrating her 96th birthday on September 8! If you’d like to wish Jacqui a happy birthday, please send an email to her care of VFA at vfa@veteranfeministsofamerica.org. We will forward all emails to her on September 8. We know Jacqui would love to hear from all of you. Thanks for caring!
Paula Caplan, a pioneering psychologist who exposed how her profession had pathologized a wide range of female traits and social responsibilities, including motherhood, mens-truation and even shopping, died on July 21 at her home in Rockville, Md. She was 74. Her daughter, Emily Stephenson, said the cause was metastatic melanoma. Starting in the late 1970s, Dr. Caplan merged a [...]
April 26, 1935 - July 6, 2021 As she worked her way through the ranks of academia during the 1960s and '70s, Sheila Tobias kept noticing something: Female students seemed to avoid studying math and science. Tobias, who authored more than 10 books related to math anxiety as well as the military and feminism, spent nearly half of her [...]
Released in 1973, Lavender Jane Loves Women by Alix Dobkin and her band, was the first album recorded and distributed by women for women. It was, says Dobkin, "the very first album by, for and about lesbians in the history of the world. From then until now, I have focused on the lives, concerns and perspectives of women who [...]
Barbara Love has already done more than her share of work in documenting the history of Second Wave Feminism with the publication of Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975. Now, with the publication of her new book, There At The Dawning: Memories of a Lesbian Feminist, Barbara Love has just made another significant contribution, not only to the history of [...]
Women’s Liberation! Feminist Writings That Inspired A Revolution And Still Can Thursday, March 18, 6:00 to 7:00 pm EST This event is co-presented by the Center for American Studies at Columbia University and the Center for Women's History at the New-York Historical Society Feminist writer-activists of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s sparked a diverse, visionary, and revolutionary movement for [...]
Go to our Events page to view the recording of the Feb. 4 webinar. Betty Friedan, creator of the modern women’s movement, was honored in a “star-studded” webinar titled “Betty Friedan’s 100 Birthday: Moving the Legacy Forward” produced by Veteran Feminists of America. The zoom program was presented on Thursday, February 4, 2021, which is the 100th anniversary of Friedan’s [...]
Is it with deep sadness that Muriel and I write to inform you that, Penny Stoil, VFA Vice President for Development, passed away from cancer this morning. We will miss her tremendously, not only because of her contributions to VFA but on a personal level. Penny was a rare person, with exceptional gifts and qualities, including kindness, generosity, integrity, [...]
Fans around the world are mourning Australian trailblazer and singer Helen Reddy after her death in Los Angeles. Reddy’s famous friends and devoted fans flooded social media with tributes to her many achievements on and off the stage after her death at the age of 78 on Wednesday (Australian time). Reddy’s death was confirmed by her children, Traci and Jordan, [...]