THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Jan Crawford
“Before NOW I knew very little, if anything, about taking risks for a truth and for a cause beyond my own personal survival.”
Psychotherapist with a Specialty in Somatic and Historical Trauma. Author. Poet. Gender Theorist. Organizer. Educator. Lecturer. New York City NOW (1972-1976). Founder of the Feminist Community Coalition. National NOW Public Service Ad Campaign.
Interviewed by Kathy Rand, VFA Executive VP, June 2019
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Photo 1. Circa 1970. Photo 2. Jan Crawford, NOW Media Committee, at a high school Sexuality Speakout circa 1970 [Photo credit: Bette Layne].
Expanded and Edited Transcript
More About Jan:
- “The Consenting Adult Series: Little White Lies,” a poem by Jan Crawford
- The Disorderly Soul: Aligning with the Movement of Love on Amazon by Jan Crawford (published in English and Spanish)
- Trauma related trainings, presentations and selected publications
- Pacifica Radio Archives – Women Making History, Lesbian Separation hosted and produced by Ron Gold broadcast date July 15, 1975
- Protest at NBC TV – Flowers of Evil 1974
- Petition for Sanity – MS. Magazine 1975
- Women Begin to Speak Out Against Sexual Harassment, New York Times, August 19, 1975
- Daily News – Series on Rape December 16, 1974
- Statement of Jan Crawford before the Subcommittee on Communications and Power 1973
- A Feminist Resume 1971 – 1974
- Cited in Barbara Love’s Book – Feminists Who Changed America – page 101