THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Marilyn Marcosson
“Once an Organizer, Always an Organizer.”
Financial Advisor. Press secretary to Democratic Representative Bella Abzug, Washington, 1972-1974. Executive director, American Parents Committee, 1974-1976. Administrative assistant to Barbara Mikulski, 1976-1977. National Women’s Political Caucus. Democratic Women’s Agenda.
Interviewed by Judy Waxman, Oral Historian, January 2024

Photo. Marilyn Marcosson (right) chairing the Women’s Caucus at the Democratic National Convention in New York City, 1976, with Diana Mara Henry. Diana Mara Henry Papers (PH 51), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
More About Marilyn:
- “Bella! This Woman’s Place is in The House,” a documentary film from writer and producer Jeff L. Lieberman
- Student unrest on campus and interviews with: Toni Antonucci, Student Senate President; Kathy Borchick, Academic Affairs Commissioner; Danny Heering, (Former) Academic Affairs Commissioner; Marilyn Marcosson, NSA Commissioner. NewsHunter, Hunter College,1968