THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
VFA Salutes Pioneer Feminist Evelyn Cunningham
1916-2010
“I Consider Myself A Full-Fledged 100% Thoroughbred Feminist.”
Journalist, columnist, editor and producer. Community and civil rights activist and political aide. Women’s Unit of the Executive Chamber of the State of NY under Governor Rockefeller. Founder of the Coalition of 100 Black Women. Task Force on Women’s Rights and Responsibilities – 1969.
Photo 1. Evelyn Cunningham. Photo 2. Evelyn Cunningham, journalist.
More About Evelyn:
- VFA – Evelyn salutes Betty Friedan – 1999
- VFA Honors Bella Abzug – 1994 Evelyn’s Remarks
- National Visionary Leadership Project
- The History Makers
- Papers at Tulane University
- Interview on PBS
- Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation
- Penn State University Libraries
- Wikipedia
- Cited in Barbara Love’s Book – Feminists Who Changed America – page 105