THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Kim Gandy
“Moving forward, I think that one of the most important things for us to do is find ways for women to work together across racial lines.”
Attorney, Activist, Author. Former President, National Organization for Women. Former President and CEO, The National Network to End Domestic Violence. Former Vice President and General Counsel, Feminist Majority Foundation. Former Fellow, Institute of Politics, Kennedy School at Harvard University.
Interviewed by Mary Jean Collins, VFA Historian, June 2024


Photo 1. Kim Gandy, 1980. Photo 2. NOW Founders and Presidents celebrate the 40th Anniversary of NOW, 2006. (left to right): Former President Patricia Ireland, Former President Karen DeCrow, President Kim Gandy, Founder Muriel Fox, Founder Elizabeth Farians, Founder Inez Casiano and Former President Aileen Hernandez (Photo courtesy of NOW).
More About Kim:
- Honoring The Legacy Of Kim Gandy Upon Her Retirement, National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), 2019.
- National Organization for Women, Kim Gandy
- Select writings by Kim Gandy
- An interview with Kim Gandy for “Feminst! Are You One?”on the gender gap in presidential elections, the effect of the women’s movement in Louisiana, and feminism broadly defined, 1985.
- Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics
- Appearances on CSPAN
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 166
- Wikipedia page