VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: BOB HEINEMAN – Veteran Feminists of America

THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Bob Heineman

April 19, 1946 – December 13, 2023

“We are going to make it embarrassing for legislators to be against the ERA. We are going to make them realize that you can’t be for women’s rights and against the ERA.” – February, 1974

College professor, union organizer, consumer advocate and church reformer. Coordinator of the Chicago Chapter of NOW ERA ratification drive. Illinois Public Action Council. Illinois Coalition Against Reagan Economics. Catholics for Peace. Call to Action, a group calling for increased roles for women and laymen in the Catholic Church.

More About Bob:

Obituary, Chicago Tribune
Select Newspaper Clippings, 1974 – 1984
National Organization for Women, Chicago Chapter Records, University of Illinois at Chicago, Special Collections (Richard J. Daley Library)