THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Amy Senninger

“My story is one of an extraordinary feminist adventure, but not one I wanted to take.”

Painter, Sculpter, Welder. Strong defender of civil rights, women’s rights, equal rights. Operation Push trade apprenticeship program. Elevator Constructors Union, 1980. International Association of Sheetmetal Workers, Local 73, 1983. School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Interviewed by Judy Waxman, Oral Historian, November 2023