THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Dr. Allie Latimer
Dedicated to a Lifetime Journey of Working Towards Equality and Justice for All.
Attorney. Founder and First President of Federally Employed Women (FEW) in 1968. President of the National Bar Foundation. Former General Counsel of the General Services Administration. Steering Committee of the Washington, D.C., NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Director of Black Women’s Agenda. President of the District of Columbia Mental Health Association.
Dr. Allie Latimer
More About Allie:
- National Bar Association 2014 Brent Award Honoree
- Federally Employed Women interviews Allie Latimer
- The Nicole Mason Show with Allie Latimer and Michelle Crockett of Federally Employed Women
- The History Makers
- National Women’s Hall of Fame
- Allie Latimer speaks at the Houston National Women’s Conference, November 1977 – The Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender
- President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11375 and added sex as a prohibited form of discrimination. Executive Order 11375
- Wikipedia
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book – Feminists Who Changed America – pages 307-308