THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Judith Lichtman
“I know from experience – if we can imagine it, we can make it happen.”
Attorney, Policy Maker and Changer, National Partnership for Women & Families. Founder of Emily’s List.
Interviewed by Mary Jean Collins, VFA Historian, July 2019
![#2 Judy L with Bill Clinton at the signing of the FMLA, 1993](https://i0.wp.com/veteranfeministsofamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2-Judy-with-President-Bill-Clinton-at-the-signing-of-the-FMLA-1993--e1580934476129-300x193.png?resize=300%2C193&ssl=1)
![#3 Lichtman honors then-First Lady Hillary Clinton at the Women’s Legal Defense Fund’s annual luncheon, June 1994](https://i0.wp.com/veteranfeministsofamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/3-Lichtman-honors-then-First-Lady-Hillary-Clinton-at-the-Womens-Legal-Defense-Funds-annual-luncheon-June-1994-e1580934610376-300x199.png?resize=300%2C199&ssl=1)
Photo 1. Judy with President Bill Clinton at the signing of the FMLA, 1993. Photo 2. Judy honors then-First Lady Hillary Clinton at the Women’s Legal Defense Fund’s annual luncheon, June 1994.
![JLichtman_topnav](https://i0.wp.com/veteranfeministsofamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/JLichtman_topnav.jpg?resize=477%2C250&ssl=1)
More About Judy:
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions – Judith Lichtman’s Testimony
- ABA Women Trailblazers Project
- Legends in the Law interviews Judith Lichtman
- University of Virginia – Miller Center Presidential Oral Histories – Edward Kennedy Histories – Judith Lichtman Oral History, 2007
- Judy speaks after President Clinton Signs the Family Medical & Leave Act February 1993
- On C-SPAN
- Selected Awards and Honors
- EMILY’s List
- Wikipedia
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book – Feminists Who Changed America – page 280