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
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
