THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Judith Lightfoot Cormack
May 22, 1937 – March 25, 2006
“Building strong functional organizations addressing relevant issues was essential to successful mainstream feminism.”
National Organization for Women, member Atlanta, GA chapter, 1969. Director of the Southern Region 1971 – 1973; Chair of the NOW national board 1973 – 1975; member of the NOW LDEF board 1973 – 1975. A founding member of the Georgia Women’s Political Caucus, 1971. Member of the Georgia Commission on the Status of Women, 1972. Midwest Academy Training Center, 1973-1974.
Photo 1. Judith (right front row) at the Midwest Training Academy, 1973. Photo 2. National Organization for Women (left to right): Karen DeCrow, former president; Muriel Fox, founder; Aileen Hernandez, former president; Judith Lightfoot, former chair of the National Board; Patricia Ireland, former president; Ellie Smeal, former president; Molly Yard, former president.
More About Judith:
- Archives
- Papers of NOW officer Judith Lightfoot, 1971-1977; Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- Judith Lightfoot Cormack papers, Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women’s Movement Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Judith Lightfoot Cormack oral history interview [sound recording], August 11 and 18, 1998. Interviewed by Tristan Slade, Georgia State University.
- Midwest Academy (Chicago, IL) records, 1963-1990. Chicago History Museum, Research Center
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 96