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THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT DATABASEadmin2022-05-19T07:42:56-04:00

Welcome to the Veteran Feminists of America
Pioneer Histories Project


The activists of the Second Wave feminist movement literally changed the world.  From 1965 to 1982, thousands of women (and men) from coast to coast took actions – small and large – that made our country more equitable for women. Some of their stories are well known. Many of their stories have never been told. This is the history of the Second Wave women’s movement – one story at a time. Click on the names below to explore their accomplishments and see or hear their interviews.

Special Collections: 
Focus on the Equal Rights Amendment
Focus on Labor Women
Focus on Title IX
Feminists of the Southwest (VFA Event, Dallas, TX, March 19, 2010)


A, B, C
Helen Aarli
Sidney Abbott
Jann Aldredge-Clanton
Dr. Susan Anthony II
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua
Elayne Archer
Nancy Azara
Jean Ball
Rev. Willie T. Barrow
Dr. Pauline Bart
Dr. Nancy Topping Bazin
Mickey Beil
Dr. Georgette Bennett
Mary Bennett
Suzanne Benton
Dr. Barbara Berg
Ginny Z. Berson
Margaret R. Blackshere
Janice Blue Part 1, Part 2
Karen Boehning
Jane Matilda Bolin
Heather Booth
Brooksley Born
Dr. Arnita Young Boswell
Ivy Bottini
Anne Ponder Boyd
Mary Brandon
Carole Brandt
Carol Moseley Braun
Vicki Breitbart
Gwendolyn Brooks
Vivian E. Browne
Susan Brownmiller
Nancy Burton
Adelfa Botello Callejo
Laura Carter Callow
Dr. Sharon Camp
Nancy Duff Campbell
Rev Dr Katie Cannon
Hattie Canty
Dr Paula Caplan
Julia Carson
Virginia Carter
Joan Casamo
Helen Cassidy
Vivian Castleberry Part 1, Part 2
Jacqui Ceballos
Alice Chapman
Pam Chapman
Simona Chazen
Gwen Sawyer Cherry
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm
David Clarenbach
Dr. Kathryn Clarenbach
Linda Clarke
Linda Coffee
Alice Cohan
Kay Cole
Hon. Barbara-Rose Collins
Cardiss Collins
Mary Jean Collins
Alessandra Comini
Roxanne Barton Conlin
Catherine Conroy
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Clare Coss
Commander Beth Coye
Vernie Crabtree
Jan Crawford
Clare Crawford-Mason
Dr Barbara Christian
Jean Marshall Crawford
Dr Ethelene Crockett
Betsy Crone
Annie Crump
Evelyn Cunningham
D, E, F
Mary Daly
Nancy Drum Dawson
Clara Day
Marjorie DeFazio
Harry Demarest
Merry Demarest
Audrey Denecke
Bernadine Newsom Denning
Rosalind DeRolon
Carole DeSaram
Eleanor Foa Dienstag
Alix Dobkin
Sister Austin Doherty
Suzanne Doty
Carol Downer
Victoria Downing Part 1, Part 2
Lorraine Duvall
Ann Early
Harryette Ehrhardt
Brenda Eichelberger
Nancy Erickson
Sue Errington
Elizabeth Esterchild Part 1, Part 2
Sissy Farenthold
Shelley Fernandez
Karen Fishman
Lulu Flores
Sharon Flynn
Ginny Foat
Joanna Foley
Gwendolyn Wilson Fowler
Alma Speed Fox
Muriel Fox
Rev. Elizabeth Frazier
Betty Friedan
Maya Friedler
Phyllis Frank
Sonia Pressman Fuentes
G, H, I
Gail Gabler
Sylvia Garcia
Margy Gast
Linda Ginenthal
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Agnes Gioconda
Ernestine Glossbrenner
Judy Goldsmith
Silvianna Goldsmith
Vivian Gornick
Bev Grant
Marcia Devins Greenberger
Alan Greiman
Dr. Elisabeth Griffith
Edith Kokernot Grinnell
Lani Guinier
Jane Guthrie
Dorothy Haener
Fannie Lou Hamer
David Hamlin
Gail Harmon
Patricia Roberts Harris
Anna Arnold Hedgeman
Dorothy Height
Dr. Marilyn Heins
Barbara Helmick
Erma Henderson
Aileen Hernandez
Lois Herr
Dr. Shere Hite
Merle Hoffman
Judy Hogan
bell hooks
Francie Hornstein
Bonnie Howard
Florence Howe
Alison Hughes
Dr. Mary E. Hunt
J, K, L
Dori Jacobson-Wenzel
Paula Latimer James
Ann Juliano Jawin
Millie Jeffrey
D. Ellen Johnson
Gloria Tapscott Johnson
Scherry Johnson
Clara Stanton Jones
Barbara Charline Jordan
Lynn Kanter
Linda Boyd Kavars
Jurate Kazickas
Nancy Keenan
Maida Springer Kemp
Darlene Kemmerer
Florynce Rae Kennedy
Rev. Pat Budd Kepler
Amy Kesselman
Alice Kessler-Harris
Carol King
Rita Kirk
Frances Kissling
Kathy McMahon-Klosterman
Judith Knee
Holly Knox
Margy Kohn
Elizabeth Duncan Koontz
Nancy Kreiter
Joan Kuriansky
Barb Lackner
Lawrence Lader
Anne Ladky
Geraldine Lange
Anna Langford
Dr. Allie Latimer
Barbara Laur
Dr. Shelah Leader
Priscilla Leith
Kristin Lems
Judith Lonnquist
Audre Lorde
Barbara Love
Rebecca Lubetkin
Mary-Ann Lupa
M, N, O
Cynthia MacAdams
Jane Macon
Ellen Malcolm
Wilma Pearl Mankiller
Joy Mankoff
Anita Marcos
Stephanie Marcus
Leah Margulies
Elizabeth Martinez
Hilda Howland Mason
Barbara Materka Part 1, Part 2
Frances Owens McElvany
Maggie McFadden
Betsey McGee
Maura McNeil
Joanne McQueen
Judith Meuli
Barbara Middleton
Jill Miller
Joyce D. Miller
Shirley Miller
Suzanne Miller
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Gracia Molina de Pick
Cynthia Mondell
Barbara Montgomery
Carolyn Montgomery
Barbara Hill Moore
Vicki Moss
Karen Mulhauser
Anna Pauline Murray
Mary Lynn Myers
Irene Mylen
Judith Nedrow
Ruth Nemzoff
Judy Norsigian
Kaye Northcott
Karen Nussbaum
Dorothy O’Brien
Sr Kathleen O’Brien
Helen Ramirez Odell
Sandy Oestreich
P, Q, R
Eleanor Pam
Joannie Parker
Pat Parker
Elizabeth Perry
Jane Pierson
Jane Plitt
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Mordeca Jane Pollock
Sue Popkin
Lynn Povich
Tegwin Pulley
Paula Johnson Purdue
Kathy Rand
Hedy Ratner
Sister Joel Read
Helen Reddy
Jane O’Brien Reilly
Rosetta Reitz
Susan Reverby
Chris Riddiough
Colette Roberts
Sylvia Roberts
Mary Beth Ross
Pam Ross
Vivian Rothstein
S, T, U
David Sadker
Myra Sadker
Dr.Bernice Sandler
Vicki Saporta
Lois J. Schiffer
Costello C. Seals
Mary Anne Sedey
Dr. Betty Shabazz
Sybil Shainwald
Audrey Sheppard
Lynn Sherr
Katie Sherrod
Nancy Shier
Elaine Showalter
Alix Kates Shulman
Mary Evans Sias
Deborah Silverstein
Rebecca Sive
Margaret Sloan-Hunter
Ellen Snortland
Ellen Solender
Rose Spector Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Karen Spindel
Alma Stallworth
Mavra Stark
Linda Stein
Gloria Steinem
L. Mandy Stellman
Wilma Stevens
Sue Straus
Susie Streng Part 1, Part 2
Dorothy Stuck
Caroline Swinney
Annie Sykes
Marcy Syms
Charlotte Taft
Tina Tchen
Alice Tetelman
Doris Thom
Betsy Thomas
Karline Tierney
Martha Tiller
Sandy Tinkham
Sheila Tobias
Hermione Tobolowsky
Rosemary Trowbridge
Marna Tucker
Phyllis Tucker
Anne B. Turpeau
Laura Unger
V, W, X, Y, Z
Nikki Van Hightower
Mary Vasiliades
Bette Vidina
Mary Jane Vogt
Sally Roesch Wagner
Dr. Phyllis Wallace
Mary Jo Walsh
Dr. Julia Chang Wan
Jacquelin Washington
Virginia S. Watkins
Judy Waxman
Kathy Webb
Marilyn Salzman Webb
Sarah Weddington
Judith Weis
Sydney Weisman
Grace Welch
Beata Welsh
Lynn Wenzel
Dr. Guida West
Marjorie Schuchat Westberry
Jean Miles Westwood
Charlotte Whaley
Linda J. Wharton
Martha Wheelock
Virginia Whitehill
Judith A. Winston
Alice Wolfson
Nancy Farley Wood
Rev. Addie Wyatt

The VFA Pioneer Histories Project is made possible in part by a generous contribution from the Sy Syms Foundation. Copyright 2018 Veteran Feminists of America.

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