THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Laura Carter Callow
b. October 20, 1927
“Laura Carter Callow is the Susan B. Anthony of Michigan” – Helen Milliken, First Lady of Michigan
Educator, Artist, Activist. President of Livonia’s League of Women Voters, 1968 and served on the Women’s Advisory Committee of Schoolcraft College from 1970 to 2009. Founding member of the Northwest Wayne Chapter of the National Organization for Women, 1972. Helped form the Michigan ERAmerica coalition, 1976. ‘Point of View’ radio program for WJR Detroit, 1977 – 1986. Appointed by Gov. William Milliken as a delegate to the White House Conference on Families held in Minneapolis, MN. Served as a member and chair of the Livonia Human Relations Commission and President of the American Association of University Women, Livonia Branch. Recipient of numerous awards in recognition of her efforts, including induction into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame.
Interviewed by James Callow Jr., January 2021
Photo 1. College graduation, 1951. Photo 2. Laura featured in the Detroit News Magazine, 1981. Photo 3. Laura receives honorary degree from Schoolcraft Community College, (l to r: Joan Gebhardt, Trustee; Laura Carter Callow; Conrad Jeffress, President) May 2007. Photo 4. Laura honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg, October 2020. Photo 5. Laura.
More About Laura:
- The History of the ERA with Laura Carter Callow, Detroit Women’s Forum, October 2, 2020
- Webinar: On the Ground Experiences with Characters in Mrs. America, May 2020
- Michigan ERAmerica Coalition Update Newsletter, Edited by Laura Carter Callow, Summer 2020
- The ERA could finally become a reality, December 2019
- Equal Means Equal, November 2017
- Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame
- Laura Callow Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
- Michigan ERA Update — Women’s Equality Day, by Laura Carter Callow – August 23, 2014
- In her interview, Laura refers to: The Equal Rights Amendment: Why the ERA Remains Legally Viable and Properly Before the States, April 1997
- Wayne County Chapter of NOW
- Laura Callow: Breathing new life into the ERA, the Detroit News Magazine, January 4, 1981
- Select newspaper clippings 1976 – 1982