THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Joanne McQueen
“I felt very powerful when I had NOW behind me.”
Long-time NOW member; Board Member of first Ohio shelter for battered women; Co-founder of the first Butler County (and Ohio) Take Back the Night March, 1978 to present; Owner, mail order feminist business, Fantastic Feminist; created and maintained archives for two NOW chapters from 1974 until 2000.
Interviewed by Dr. Kathy McMahon-Klosterman, September 2020
Photo 1. Joanne’s company, The Fantastic Feminist Co-operative, 1977. Photo 2. Joanne and Kathy McMahon-Klosterman with Joanne’s Fantastic Feminist line of dolls.
More About Joanne:
- Oxford celebrates ties to 19th Amendment on 100 year anniversary
- The Fantastic Feminist on Facebook
- Digital N.O.W. – Miami Oxford, Butler County Chapter, Miami University
- The Role of Women in [a] Transforming Society/ This is Miami University’s main site for the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Capstone. Interview with Joanne McQueen and Dr. Kathy McMahon-Klosterman 2017
- Joanne McQueen named 2014 Citizen of the Year, Oxford Press
- Women’s Center Advocates (1974-1989) interview, Miami University Archives, Oxford, OH December 2008
- Kathy McMahon-Klosterman and Joanne McQueen, Local NOW members recall the beginnings of the movement, 1994
- Mayor Proclaims Women’s Equality Day, August 26, 1976
