THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Lois Ablin Kriesberg
June 5, 1928 – July 14, 2010
“I think her own experiences convinced her there was an inequality between women and men. She didn’t just want to talk about it. She wanted to change things.” – Karen DeCrow, July 2010
Attorney, Educator, Activist. Helped establish the Central New York chapter of the National Organization for Women in the late 1960s. A founding member and first vice president of the Women’s Bar Association of Central NY.

More About Lois:
- Obituary
- Unequal Pay for Equal Work by Karen DeCrow, May 2012
- Central New York chapter of the National Organization for Women website
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 264