THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Ruth Surgal
September 14, 1937 – August 29, 2004
“I went to a meeting of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union. When they announced the formation of an abortion-counseling service, I saw a chance to put my education in social work to use.”
Social worker. Member of the Abortion Counseling Services of Chicago Women’s Liberation, JANE. Member of the CWLU Herstory Project.
Ruth Surgal from the documentary film “Jane: An Abortion Service,” produced and directed by Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy, 1995.
More About Ruth:
- Obituary, Chicago Tribune
- Chicago Women’s Liberation Union Herstory Project
- Chicago’s Forgotten Pro-Choice Warriors
- Jane: Documents From Chicago’s Clandestine Abortion Service, 1968-1973
- “Jane: An Abortion Service,” produced and directed by Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy, 1995.
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 451