THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Barbara Hays

“Working with People at the Grassroots Level Became My Passion.”

Organizer, activist and genealogy researcher.  Midland (MI) Chapter of NOW, 1975.  Chapter president, state ERA Task Force Chair and state president for two years. NOW’s ERA Countdown Campaign, Illinois, 1982. National NOW Action Center. National NOW’s Chapter and State Development Director. Led activist training at the National NOW office. Maryland NOW state secretary, executive vice-president, treasurer and president. Treasurer of the Maryland NOW PAC. Founder of Your Roots & Branches.

Interviewed by Mary Jean Collins, VFA Historian, April 2022

Photo 1. Speaking at an event in Michigan early 1980’s. Photo 2. Today.