THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Lynn Wenzel

“I always say to myself, someone’s got to do this and it’s got to be you.”

Author. Columnist. Historian. Lifelong advocate for civil rights, women’s rights and reproductive justice. Co-President of the Northern NJ Chapter of NOW. Helped develop one of the first battered women’s shelters in northern New Jersey. Nevada County Citizens for Choice. Business & Professional Women of Nevada County. 

Interviewed by Kathy Rand, VFA Executive VP, August, 2020

Photo 1. More Than Petticoats – Remarkable New Jersey Women, Lynn Wenzel and Carol Binkowski. Photo 2. Betty Friedan and Lynn Wenzel at the re-enactment of a women’s protest at the Statue of Liberty 100 years earlier, 1986. (Photo courtesy of Janet Langenegger)