THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Zelda Boulanger
June 4, 1916 – March 20, 2012
“We are all beginning to realize how many creative resources have been wasted through the centuries by failure to give equal opportunity to women everywhere in the world to express themselves in manifold fields of endeavor and creativity. NOW is a national organization formed to take action to bring women into full participation of American Society.”
Founding president of the Seattle Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Founding member and president of the Siwanu Chapter of International Toastmistress Club (ITC). Served as Northwest Regional Supervisor and International Director for ITC. President of the Past President’s Assembly and the Seattle/King County Civil Defense’s Welfare Coordinator for South King County. Founding member of the Highline Chapter of the Business and Professional Women’s Club and the Angle Lake Shore Club.
More About Zelda:
- Obituary, The Seattle Times
- Papers of Zelda Boulanger, many documents related to her work with the Washington State chapters of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the Siwanu Toastmistress Club of Seattle. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.
- From Women’s Rights to Women’s Liberation: The Second-Wave Feminist Movement in Washington State Part 2: Campaigns, Victories, Frustrations by Hope Morris
- “Seattle Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) is chartered on May 8, 1970,” by David Wilma
- Voice may be harsh, but NOW’s impact felt. November 1986.
- “New Women’s Liberation Group Outlines Objectives,” by Stefanie Pettit, February 1972.
- “NOW is the time for all good women….,” by Beverly Jacobson, November 1971.
