THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Nancy Drum Dawson

“Feminism is, was and always will be a very important force in my life. It’s a lens, my value, and an imperative. It’s a continuity and my Gestalt and it defines who I am.” 

 Winston-Salem, NC, NOW Chapter President and Founding Member. North Carolina NOW State President. ERA United, Coalition Vice President and State Coordinator to ratify the ERA. Women’s Forum of North Carolina, Charter Member. NC Women’s Political Caucus, Policy Council.

A conversation with Nancy Drum Dawson and Meredith Drum, June 2018

Photo 1. Nancy in her studio in France in August 2019 [Photo by Nancy’s husband, John Griefen]. Photo 2. Nancy and daughter Meredith Drum during the VFA interview. Photo 3. Nancy and her daughters at Wilmington Ten protest, Winston-Salem, NC, 1978. Photo 4. Nancy (left) and Bobbie Matthews (right) during televised debate on January 29, 1975. [Photo by WHKY-TV Hickory, NC].