THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Martha Wren Gaines
May 20, 1939 – November 29, 1987
“I do in fact believe the dissension, disruption and disorder that has happened in the women’s movement has been a result of intentional actions of infiltrators.”
A co-founder of the Atlanta chapter of NOW in 1968, serving as president, state coordinator and Southern regional director. Served as president of the Georgia chapter of the Abortion Rights Action League. Actively involved in the Girl Scouts Northwest Georgia Council, the YWCA of Greater Atlanta, ERA Georgia and the DeKalb County NAACP. Served as president of the Colony Square Business and Professional Women’s Club, and president of the Georgia affiliation of the ACLU.
More About Martha:
- Obituary
- NOW Then And Now, Martha Gaines: Goals Can Be Attained Without Hostility, May 1976
- Atlanta NOW Unit Names Feminist of the Year, January 1975
- The Martha Wren Gaines papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 166
