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
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
