THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Felicia Kahn
July 11, 1926 – June 21, 2018
“The League of Women’s Voters was my education in politics, on issues in most everything to do with government.”
A champion of equal rights and women’s rights. Represented Louisiana as a delegate to the National Women’s Conference in Houston, 1977. Member of the National Council of Jewish Women, the Independent Women’s Organization, the New Orleans Coalition, the National Women’s Political Caucus, Common Cause, the Alliance of Concerned Taxpayers and the Alliance for Affordable Energy.
Photo. Candidate for State Representative campaign photo, 1975.
More About Felicia:
- Felicia Kahn, Trailblazing Equal Rights Activist and a “Giant of the City of New Orleans,” Dies at 91, by Lamar White, Jr.
- Remembering Felicia Kahn: A relentless fighter who made a difference, by The Rev. William Barnwell, July 13, 2018
- Resolution of condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the death of Felicia Kahn.
- LA delegate, 90, reflects on advances for women: Oldest delegate gets plenty of attention, by Deborah Barfield Berry
- Felicia Kahn interview, Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, April 2004
- Felicia Kahn Collection, Newcomb Archives, Tulane University.
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 242