THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Harriet Cooper Alpern
July 31, 1922 – April 25, 2010
“Feminism, to me, is of course that men and women should have equal rights in every aspect of life – not to be discriminated against, undermined, or stereotyped.”
Activist, Author, Co-founder with Patricia Hill Burnett of Detroit, Michigan NOW, 1969.
More About Harriet:
- Obituary, Detroit News
- Harriet Alpern Interview, Jewish Women & Feminist Activism in Metro Detroit, An Oral History Project
- Harriet Cooper Alpern Papers, Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University
- Wikipedia
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 10