THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Pat Polos

November 28, 1922 – June 26, 2003

“Women can work through the established political institutions which are male oriented, and male dominated, or they can organize their own political groups and, from a position of power and numbers, force the established institutions to accept them into their ranks as equals.” – April 1970

Consultant to the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois. Legislative Assistant to State Senator Esther Saperstein. President of ERA Illinois. National Organization for Women, Illinois. President of the Loop chapter of the Older Women’s League of Illinois. Lobbyist for AARP.