THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Doris Agnes Thom
March 8, 1920 – November 15, 2017
Doris fought for women’s rights throughout her long life.
First woman to serve on the Executive Committee for the International Association of Machinists Local 1266. Wisconsin Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women, 1971 – 1975. President of Rock County, WI Democratic Women for 15 years. Received the Catherine Conroy Award honoring Wisconsin women dedicated to the rights of women and labor, 2001.
Doris Thom
More About Doris:
- Veteran Feminists of America honors Midwest Feminists, Chicago, IL August 2004
- Wisconsin Women Making History
- “Step by Step: Building a Feminist Movement,” 1998-08-17, PBS Wisconsin, American Archive of Public Broadcasting Doris Thom clip begins at 7:41
- Like Our Sisters Before Us: Women of Wisconsin Labor–Based on Interviews Conducted for the Women of Wisconsin Labor Oral History Project. Milwaukee, Wis.: Wisconsin Labor History Society; 1998.
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America