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VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: NAOMI WEISSTEINadmin2023-08-26T13:33:11-04:00

THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Dr. Naomi Weisstein

October 16, 1939 – March 26, 2015

“The Women’s Movement Came From Chicago, No Matter What the New Yorker’s Think.”

Pioneering neuroscientist, author, educator, activist. Co-founder, Chicago Westside Group, 1967. Founder of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Rock Band, 1970-73. 

More About Naomi:

  • Naomi Weisstein Memorial Celebration 
  • Naomi Weisstein Memorial: The New School
  • Naomi Weissstein, by Heather Booth
  • The Life and Work of Naomi Weisstein, Chicago Women’s Liberation Union Herstory Project
  • Archives
    • Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
      • Papers of Naomi Weisstein, 1967-2007
      • Audiovisual collection of Naomi Weisstein, 1970-2005
    • The Chicago Women’s Liberation Union
  • Veteran Feminists of America
    • Publication Debut of Barbara Love’s, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, Columbia University Faculty House and Barnard College, NYC. November 2006
      • Jesse Lemisch speaks for Naomi Weisstein
    • “Unfinished Business of the Women’s Movement,” Honoring Midwest Feminists, Chicago, IL,  August 2004.
      • Heather Booth reads Naomi Weissteen’s acceptance speech for being honored by the VFA
      • Robin Kaufman, Heather Booth, Anne Ladky and others honor Naomi Weisstein.
  • The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices from Women’s Liberation, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Ann Barr Snitow, published in 1998.
    • Chapter One, “Our Gang of Four: Friendship and Women’s Liberation” Vivian Rothstein, Heather Booth, Amy Kesselman and Naomi Weisstein.
  • The Last of the Red Hot Mammas, or, the Liberation of Women as Performed by the Inmates of the World, 1969
    • This play was performed at the founding convention of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union. A play performed by an entire audience, and by Marylee A., Ellen A., Amy C., Pat M., Sherry Jenkins, Amy Kesselman, Naomi Weisstein
  • Jesse Lemisch, VFA Pioneer Histories Project
  • Wikipedia

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