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, [...]
In the rearview mirror, the victories of a trailblazing feminist. On the road ahead, the threat of an entrenched and powerful minority. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at the age of 87, will forever have two legacies. The one Americans could be focusing on right now is the one of legal trailblazer: Justice Ginsburg, the second woman ever [...]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/us/florence-howe-dead.html?smid=em-share Find out more about Florence here: https://veteranfeministsofamerica.org/vfa-pioneer-histories-project-florence-howe/ Florence Howe, a key architect of the women’s studies movement and a founder of the Feminist Press, a literary nonprofit dedicated to promoting social justice and amplifying overlooked voices, died on September 12 in Manhattan. She was 91. The Feminist Press confirmed her death in a statement. Ms. Howe, who lived on Manhattan’s Upper [...]
Her 1976 book, ‘The Hite Report,’ touched off ‘a revolution in the bedroom’ and has sold tens of millions of copies. But harsh criticism drove her to self-exile in Europe. Shere Hite, who startled the world in the 1970s with her groundbreaking reports on female sexuality and her conclusion that women did not need conventional sexual intercourse — or [...]
Feminism was still a dirty word in macho Texas when Maura McNiel, wife, mother, Sunday school teacher and community volunteer, dared to speak up for women’s rights. An irresistible force with stamina, brains and winning ways, McNiel would go on to lead the Dallas feminist movement for more than 20 years. And until her death July 18 at age [...]