THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: MARY-ANN LUPA

THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Mary-Ann Lupa

“Women – We Hold Up Half The Earth.”

Social Action Artist. Chicago NOW President. ERA Central. Illinois NOW ERA Coordinator. National NOW Board. Abortion Defense Coalition. Co-founder of Women Employed. Loop Center YWCA Board. Board of Directors of Veteran Feminists of America. Child care advocate. Women in the Directors Chair.

Interviewed by Kathy Rand, Executive VP VFA, November 2018

Photo 1. Mary-Ann Lupa. Photo 2. 1972 Mary-Ann protesting all-male policy of The Executive Club – Chicago. Photo 3. 1976 Mary-Ann Illinois NOW – ERA press conference.

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More About Mary-Ann

Chicago Women’s History Center oral history interview
National Organization for Women, Chicago Chapter Records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago
Mary-Ann at Unfinished Biz conference in Chicago, 2004.
Cartoon published on August 26th, 1970 in the Sun Times on the Editorial page.
Action buttons designed by Mary-Ann

“Don’t Iron While the Strike Is Hot,” 1970 poster at the Schlesinger Library designed by Mary-Ann