THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Karen Boehning
“The Equal Rights Amendment is Fundamental to the Cause.”
ERA advocate. Chicago chapter of National Organization for Women: Vice President, chapter President 1971. Chicago NOW’s Media Action chair. Co-chaired the 1970 Strike for Equality in Chicago. Illinois delegate to the 1971 founding convention of the National Women’s Political Caucus.
Interviewed by Kathy Rand, VFA Executive VP, August, 2019
Photo 1. Karen Boehning. Photo 2. Patricia Brandin (left) and Karen, members of the Media Action Committee, 1971. [Chicago Daily News/ Photo by Henry Herr Gill]
More About Karen:
- Chicago Women’s History Center oral history interview
- VFA “Empowering Women: A Tale Of Two Generations.” Alverno College Milwaukee 2012
- VFA honors Midwest Feminists, Chicago 2004
- Scanning the ads with Karen Boehning, Chicago Tribune – March 11, 1973
- Some of Karen’s Actions 1970 – 1973
- National Organization for Women, Chicago Chapter Records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book – Feminists Who Changed America – page 48