THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Wilma Stevens
“I Went to My First NOW Meeting and I Was Fascinated.”
Chicago Chapter – National Organization for Women: Vice President, President, Secretary. Illinois NOW State President. Women Employed. Loop Center YWCA Board of Directors. Woman Made Gallery Board of Directors. Perceptual Motion, Inc., Board of Directors. Fiber Artist.
Interviewed by Mary-Ann Lupa, VFA Board



Photo 1. Wilma Stevens. Photo 2. Wilma, August 26, 1976. Photo taken by Irene Repa. Photo 3. Wilma speaking at the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry — Women Employed, 1973 while Mr. Coulter looks on. Photo taken by Dorothea Jacobson-Wenzel.
More About Wilma:
- Chicago Women’s History Center oral history interview
- Honoring Midwest Feminists Chicago – VFA event 2004
- National Organization for Women, Chicago Chapter Records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Woman Made Gallery Artist’s Listing
- Cited in Barbara Love’s Book – Feminists Who Changed America – pages 445-446