THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Dorothy Stuck

February 5, 1921 – July 1, 2021

“Women have solved the problem of getting attention through organizations like Federally Employed Women and the fight for ERA. But we haven’t gotten in the door. There aren’t enough of us on the other side to open that door.” February 1977

Newspaper editor, publisher, author and civil rights advocate. Founding member of Arkansas Press Women and served a term as its president. In 1968 she was elected to represent Poinsett County in the Arkansas Constitutional Convention and was elected to chair the Suffrage and Elections Committee, the only woman to chair a major committee. Director of the five-state Dallas Region of the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Established a consulting firm with, Nan Snow, “Stuck & Snow Resultants,” 1981. They sought to get results for their clients, instead of merely consulting. Co-authored, with Nan Snow, Roberta: A Most Remarkable Fulbright, 1997.

Photo. Dorothy D. Stuck and Nan Snow, Roberta: A Most Remarkable Fulbright, book signing 1997.