THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Jennifer Lynn Abod, PhD

“The Movement Made Me Braver and Bolder.”

Documentary Producer. Filmmaker. Singer Songwriter. Poet, Publisher. Radio Broadcaster. Co-founder of and singer in New Haven Women’s Liberation Rock Band. Co-writer of “The Liberation of Lydia,” the first feminist radio soap opera  and the first woman in Connecticut to host a nightly AM radio talk program, “The Jennifer Abod Show.” Founding member of Women’s Health Advocates. Created Profile Productions to produce and distribute media featuring feminist activists and cultural workers, particularly women of color and lesbians. 

Interviewed by Kathy Rand, VFA Executive VP, August, 2020

Photo 1. Jennifer, circa 1960. Photo 2. The New Haven Women’s Liberation Rock Band, 1970. Photo 3. Playing at the Women’s March in front of the White House, 1971. Photo 4. Angela Bowen and Jennifer Abod with family. Photos 5, 6 and 7. Select films produced and directed by Jennifer.