THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Merry and Harry Demarest
Interviewed by Mary Jean Collins, VFA Board, March 2019
Merry Demarest
Women’s Rights Advocate. ERA Activist. National Organization for Women, Oregon – Local and National. Women’s Rights Coalition. ERA Missionary Project – Utah. Benton County Democratic Party. ACLU. Emily’s List. Radical Feminist Therapy Collective. Fat Feminist.
Photo 1. Merry Demarest. Photo 2. Merry in 1981.
Harry Demarest
Women’s Rights Advocate. ERA Activist.
National Organization for Women – President Corvallis OR Chapter.
Benton County Democratic Party. ACLU. Emily’s List.
Photo 1. Harry Demarest. Photo 2. Harry in 1983, leading the Corvallis NOW Chapter.
More About Merry and Harry Demarest:
- Oral History – Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries
- Oregon NOW Records
- Oregon Women’s Political Caucus (OWPC) records
- Century of Action: Oregon Women’s Political History Collections
- Newspaper Clippings 1980 – 1992