THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Alice S. Rossi, Ph.D.

September 24, 1922–November 3, 2009

“The single most impressive fact about the attempt by American women to obtain the right to vote is how long it took.”

Prominent feminist, scholar, sociologist. One of the 16 original founders of National Organization for Women (NOW). Pioneered changes in the status of women in academe through her research and leadership of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Committee on the Status of Women. Early advocate of abortion rights. Author, The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir, published in 1973. 74th President of the American Sociological Association.