THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Nikki Beare

March 7, 1928 – November 10, 2014

“Roxcy Bolton invited me to cover a meeting in her home for the Women’s Page of the Miami News, where they would found the Dade chapter of the National Organization for Women. Little did I know this was going to change my life.”

Journalist, author and lobbyist. President of the Dade County, Florida, National Organization for Women. A founding member of the Capitol Women’s Political Caucuses and helped found Florida NOW. Board of Directors for NOW. Hosted the first radio talk show for women in Florida, ‘Women’s Powerline,’ for eight years, and founded the Women’s Almanac newspaper. Created Florida’s first feminist credit union and helped eliminate newspaper classifieds sorted by gender, while working to get airlines to allow married flight attendants to continue flying. A pioneer in helping women become elected and appointed to public office.

Photo. Veteran Feminists of America event honoring Millie Jeffrey. Left to right, Nikki Beare, Jacqui Ceballos and Millie Jeffrey, 1998.