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VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: NANCY M. BURTONadmin2021-11-29T15:26:57-05:00

THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Nancy M. Burton

May 2, 1949 – May 25, 2021

“I inherited the notion and confidence that women can be empowered to move forward with an education from my aunt, Nancy Burton. Her voice is always in the back of my head.” – Marie Ponzio, June 25, 2021

Strong advocate for the ERA. Organizer. Chicago NOW secretary. Chicago NOW ERA chair.  IL NOW ERA chair. NOW representative to ERA Illinois.

Photo 1. Members of Chicago NOW demonstrate in front of Sears, Roebuck’s headquarters on Women’s Equality Day. Left to right, Kathy Rand, Nancy Burton and Kem Kemmerer, 1974. Photograph by Howard D. Simmons. Photo 2. ERA parade in Chicago. Holding the banner, left to right, Ian Bell, Rita Bell, unknown, Nancy Burton holding the flag, April 1978. Photograph by Dorothea Jacobson-Wenzel. Photo 3. Nancy Burton, front and center holding the words of the Equal Rights Amendment at the ERA reunion at the UIC Richard J. Daley Library Chicago, IL. June, 2019.

More About Nancy:

  • Nancy Burton Obituary
    • Meditation given at Nancy’s memorial service by Pastor Tom Sanders
  • Nancy’s memories, captured by Mary-Ann Lupa during the ERA reunion at the UIC Richard J. Daley Library Chicago, IL., June, 2019
  • Select newspaper articles
    • Nationwide ERA drive begins Friday, Chicago Tribune, August  22, 1977
    • More than just ERA divided Women’s Year Conference, Southern Illinoisan June 19, 1977 
    • Voice of the People, Chicago Tribune, April 26, 1975
  • Archives
    • Midwest Academy (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1963-1990
    • University of Illinois at Springfield Archives/Special Collections MC89. Illinois National Organization for Women, 1974-2000, Series 2, Nancy Burton correspondence, treasurer, Illinois NOW Executive Committee, 1978

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