THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Joan Hull
May 12, 1927 – February 1, 2017
“Even where the Movement has its strongest legal basis for progress, in the area of employment, our gains are in inches.”
Joined the New York City Chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW) in 1967. Held various offices at the local and national level for NOW, served on Compliance and Enforcement Task Forces at AT&T and NY Telephone, on local and national level. Honorary board member of Veteran Feminists of America. Honored at Veteran Feminists of America’s event, Celebration of NOW’s 30th Anniversary, 1996. 30 years with Celanese Corporation, New York City.
More About Joan:
- Obituary
- Papers of NOW officer Joan Hull, 1967-1977, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
- “Feminist Shareholders Challenge the Corporate Structure,” The New York Times, May 1975
- “Women’s Rights Gains Reviewed,” Lansing State Journal, August 1970
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, pages 226 – 227