THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Janice LaRouche
September 20, 1924 – December 4, 2015
“The women’s movement was a ‘mass act of assertion,’ but when it comes to asserting rights individually, that’s another matter. We are still victims of the good girl syndrome.” – Janice LaRouche, Assertiveness Trainer, April 1975
Author and pioneer in career development and assertiveness training for women. Founder of Janice LaRouche Associates, an organization that holds career-planning workshops for women. Joined NY NOW and served on the board, 1968–1969. Founded Career Workshops for Women in 1968, and was featured in an article in The New York Times, “A Women’s Liberation Approach to Solving Career Problems,” April 11, 1970. A founder of Veteran Feminists of America.
More About Janice:
- “A Women’s Liberation Approach to Solving Career Problems,” by Marylin Bender April 11, 1970, The New York Times
- Janice LaRouche, Career counselor, founder of Workshops for Women, New York, June 1986
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 269
