THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Judy Goldsmith
“Life Before Feminism Was Pretty Grim for Women.”
Educator. Civil Rights Activist. Founding Member of the Two Rivers/Manitowoc, WI Chapter of NOW. WI NOW State Coordinator. Delegate to the 1976 National NOW Constitutional Convention. President of National NOW from 1982 to 1985.
Interviewed by Mary Jean Collins, VFA Historian, May 2019
Photo 1. Judy Goldsmith with Geraldine Ferraro. Photo 2. Judy with Vice President Walter Mondale. Photo 3. Judy with Coretta Scott King.
More About Judy:
- VFA Events
- “Empowering Women: A Tale Of Two Generations” Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI September 15, 2012
- VFA honors Midwest Feminists, Chicago, IL August 27-28, 2004
- On YouTube
- Judy Goldsmith led the national women’s movement. By Sharon Roznik, Fond du Lac Reporter June 25, 2019
- Judy Goldsmith on C-SPAN 1983 – 1985
- NOW Elects Judy Goldsmith
- National Organization for Women honors Presidents
- The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour – 1984
- The Wisconsin Magazine – Judy Goldsmith Then and Now 1986
- NBC’s Jane Pauley interviews Judy Goldsmith 1982
- Records of the National Organization for Women
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book – Feminists Who Changed America – page 178
- Wikipedia