THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Mary Jane Vogt

“I Have Tried to be that Light in the Darkness on Behalf of Women.”

ERA Activist. Reproductive Rights Activist. Chicago NOW. Catholic Women for Reproductive Rights. Chicago Catholic Women. Cook County Democratic Women. Music Director.

Interviewed by Helen Ramirez-Odell, June 15, 2019

Photos 1 and 2. We’ll Meet You Outside at 3:15, Monica Faith Stewart’s speech; and Capitol March for ERA, 1982 poster hang proudly on Mary Jane’s living room wall. Photo 3. Mary Jane is a Miracle Worker, 1982.