Veteran Feminists of America Obituary
ONE OF THE FIRST TO URGE BETTY FRIEDAN TO START a feminist organization, he was then teaching at Vassar College, where he helped Vassar women to organize for their rights. Born Feb. 6, 1921, in Newark, his best-known book on women’s history, “At Odds: Women and the Family in America from the Revolution to the Present” (1980), examined in a historical context the tensions between family life and women’s pursuit of autonomy. He received the 1972 Pulitzer Prize in history for his book “Neither Black Nor White,” a comparative history of slavery and race relations in the United States and Brazil. VFA joins NOW and all feminists in praising the life of a great male feminist activist. Along with the late Richard (Dick) Graham, a former commissioner with the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) Dr. Degler was one of the two men who were founders of NOW. Comments: Jacqui Ceballos jcvfa@aol.com
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