THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Liz Nicholson

April 12, 1956 – December 14, 2011

“My mother had been suffering discrimination. As a college graduate, she was paid pitifully little as an office manager. I looked at what the organization had done for me (NOW), and I decided that women in banking had made progress only because of the women on the other side.” – Liz Nicolson, 1982

Passionist activist. Joined the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) in 1982 and campaigned in Illinois and Washington D.C.. Treasurer of the state NOW chapter in Illinois.

Photo 1. NOW event circa 1980. Photo 2. ERA event, July 1982.