THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Vicki Breitbart

“I am energized by the next generation.”

Author, Educator, and sexual and reproductive justice activist for more than 50 years. Program Management Officer at Bureau of Maternity Services and Family Planning NYCDOH; Deputy Director of the Office of Women’s Health NYC HHC; and former VP at Planned Parenthood in NYC. Director, Health Advocacy Graduate Program (HAP) at Sarah Lawrence College; Associate Professor at CUNY Hunter School of Public Health; Past President of the Public Health Association of NYC; Past President of the National Abortion Federation; Past President, Collective Power for Reproductive Justice; Board member of the Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP); and co-founder of Older Women Remember and Speak Out (OWRS).

Interviewed by Judy Waxman, September 2021

Photo 1. Vicki during the early days at the New York City Dept. of Health, now the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Photo 2. Tick-Tock, Essays on Becoming a Parent After 40, edited by Vicki Breitbart and Nan Bauer-Maglin.