THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Marilyn Katz
August 28, 1945 – October 26, 2023
“People always talk about misery creating dissent and change. That’s not true. It’s the possibility of something better, real change that propels people into action.”
Writer, consultant, public policy communications strategist and long-time political activist. A co-founder of W.I.T.C.H., 1967, the CWLU, 1968, the Los Angeles Women’s Union, 1979, Reproductive Rights National Network, 1977, Women Organized for Reproductive Choice, Chicago, 1978. President of MK Communications, a partner in Democracy Partners and a founder and co-chair of Chicago Women Take Action.
More About Marilyn:
- Obituary, The Chicago Sun-Times
- Celebration of Life program
- Heather Becker, CEO, The Conservation Center remembers Marilyn Katz
- Illinois House Resolution to honor Marilyn Katz
- Select articles by Marilyn Katz
- “I Was There: Marilyn Katz,” The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project of the Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
- Sylvia Ewing and Marilyn Katz discuss the impending elevation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and the conclusion of arguments in the Jason Van Dyke trial. They also share some behind-the-scenes stories about the Chicago Mayor’s race. Chicago Access Network Television, 2018
- The Group: Consciousness-raising taught a lesson that remains a powerful bond, December 1989
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 246