THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Savanna Ouellette
July 4, 1945 – July 22, 2023
“Savanna embodied the idea of joie de vivre and wanted to be remembered as someone who made other people laugh.”
A voracious reader of feminist theory, biography, political theory and fiction, especially of women writers. Member of The New Haven Women’s Liberation Rock Band, The New Harmony Sisterhood Band, and One Journey. B.S. in Education and Masters in French, Southern CT State University. Juris Doctor, Boston College Law School.
Photo. Savanna Ouellette, The New Harmony Sisterhood Band.
More About Savanna:
- Obituary
- Savanna Ouellette Memorial Service First Church, Amherst MA, September 30, 2023
- Savanna Ouellette, A personal profile, December 2013
- Savanna Ouellette interviewed by Phoenix Wyatt, March 28, 2014, Smith College
- Lesbian/Feminist Bands of the 1970’s. Interviews with Band Members from: Chicago & New Haven Women’s Liberation Rock Bands, New Harmony Sisterhood Band, Berkeley Women’s Music Collective. April 2012
- “…And Ain’t I a Woman?” The New Harmony Sisterhood Band
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 348
