THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Karen Boehning
September 6, 1945 – January 18, 2024
“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
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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]
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More About Karen:
- Obituary, Chicago Tribune
- State of Illinois Senate Resolution No. 794, offered by Senator Feigenholtz; Senator Harmon, President of the Senate; and all Senators.
- 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