THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Francie Hornstein
“The Women’s Movement Dramatically Changed My Life.”
Writer. Educator. Social worker. Lifelong activist for women and reproductive rights. Co- founder of several community/campus daycare centers. Federation of Feminist Women’s Health Centers. Women’s Choice Clinic.
Interviewed by Judy Waxman, August, 2020
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Photo 1. Francie Hornstein, 1972. Photo 2. 1976 LIFE Magazine Special Report, “Remarkable Women 1776-1976.” L-R: Suzann Gage, Sherry Shiffer, Francie Hornstein, Carol Downer, Lorraine Rothman, & Lynn Heidelberg (lying-down).
More About Francie:
- Interview with Francie Hornstein and Carol Downer, The Abortion Underground, May 2019
- A legacy of activism: Iowa City Feminist Reunion recalls struggles, triumphs, The Gazette, July 17, 2017
- In Iowa: Decades later, feminist activists still fighting battles, The Gazette July 22, 2017
- Remembering Emma’s early days, 2014 University of Iowa Libraries Iowa Women’s Archives
- Women in Print: Voices from the Radical Feminist Press and Print Shop, 1960-1985, Suzanne Snider Interviews, 2010-2011. A/S672; DVD-86. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
- Emma Goldman Clinic, Iowa City, Iowa records
- The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition: Four Years of Progress
- The First Self Help Clinic, 1971
- Select Newspaper Clippings 1970-1973
- Dum Dum Day Care, The Daily Iowan, 1970
- Self-Help Proponents Speak at Tribunal, The Oakland Tribune, 1972
- Los Angeles Women Active in Self-Help
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America, page 223