THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Nancy Rosenstock
“To a new generation of women who are coming forward, I salute you. I can’t wait to have you join the fight.”
Author. Political activist. Member of Boston Female Liberation and served on the national staff of the Women’s National Abortion Action Coalition in 1971. Member of Chicago for Abortion Rights.
Interviewed by Judy Waxman, Oral Historian, April 2023
Photo 1. Nancy speaking at an abortion rights rally in Chicago, May 2022. Photo 2. Inside the Second Wave of Feminism: Boston Female Liberation, 1968-1972, by Nancy Rosenstock, published August, 2022.
More About Nancy:
- Inside the Second Wave of Feminism: Boston Female Liberation, 1968-1972, by Nancy Rosenstock, Haymarket Books
- Author Nancy Rosenstock together with Delpfine Welch, two of the women featured in the book who were members of Boston Female Liberation—a key radical feminist organization during the second wave of feminism, provide an inside account of the group’s history, strategy and numerous activities from fighting to legalize abortion, to campaigning for free 24-hour childcare, to linking up with the anti-Vietnam War movement. Joined by two members of Chicago for Abortion Rights, Lauren Bianchi and Gina Rozman-Wendle, to discuss the relevance of this history for today’s feminist movements. October 2022