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VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: JOYCE D. MILLERadmin2020-09-08T06:41:13-04:00

THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Joyce D. Miller

June 19, 1928 – June 30, 2012

“It isn’t just power to women that matters. We have to give power to the right women –  women who use that power to help other women.” – Joyce D. Miller July 7, 1981

An advocate for women in the labor movement, and a founding member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. A vice-president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. The first woman elected to the executive board of the American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Executive Director of the Glass Ceiling Commission. National Organization for Women. NARAL.

Joyce D. Miller in 1977 (Photo credit Neal Boenzi/The New York Times)

More About Joyce:

  • Joyce was honored by the Veteran Feminists of America in 1993 for her outstanding work.
  • Coalition of Labor Union Women Obituary and Tribute to Joyce Dannen Miller
    • Coalition of Labor Union Women website
  • Jewish Women’s Archive
  • Joyce Miller Named Executive Director of the Glass Ceiling Commission, April 1, 1993. From the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas
  • ACTWU Publications Collection Number: 5619 PUBS Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
  • Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America, page 314

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