THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Katie Frankle
“The message I want to share is that important social change happens because of the work of a few leaders and many committed followers, each of whom may play a small role but who together can have a significant impact. I was one such actor trying to do my part.”
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Women’s Rights Committee of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference (HPKCC). Child Care Task Force, a subsidiary organization of the HPKCC, and its first Executive Director, from 1973-76. Member of the Abortion Counseling Service known as Jane. Centers for New Horizons. BA in government from Connecticut College, 1965. Certificate from the DePaul University Computer Careers program, 1984.
Interviewed by Mary Jean Collins, VFA Historian, May 2023
Photo. Katie Frankle, late ’60s, early ’70s.
More About Katie:
- Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference. Records, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
- The Jane Collective or Jane, officially known as the Abortion Counseling Service of Women’s Liberation
- Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference website
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) website