THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

June S. Chewning

July 27, 1925 – February 22, 2022

“She taught us to fight for what we believe in…She saw and experienced deliberate systematic discrimination in the treatment of women in federal employment practices and resolved to do something about it.” – June’s son, June 26, 2022

National Membership Chairman, Federally Employed Women, Washington D.C., 1970. Energy Department employee who in 1978 was the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit of 130 women that won a sexual discrimination judgment of $2.2 million against the department. Worked for the Library of Congress, Navy Department, Defense Intelligence Agency and Atomic Energy Commission, a predecessor of the Energy Department. Specialist in analyzing the employment needs of nuclear industries. Helped organize and active in the Federally Employed Women’s Legal and Education Fund.  Supported the DC chapter of the League of Women Voters and was active in National City Christian Church.