THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Judi Marraccini

“We have to tell our story. I’m not going to be around here forever, and the story, this and many other stories, have to come out.”

Author, educator and advocate for women’s rights and women’s health. Active member of National Organization for Women for over 50 years. NJ NOW Vice President. FL NOW and NJ NOW Legislative Director. FL NOW Membership Director. Chapter President in FL and NJ. Planned Parenthood, Hackensack, NJ. NJ Women and Aids Network. Taught medical students feminist-based subjects at New Jersey Medical School, part of Rutgers, for 30 years.

Interviewed by Wilma Stevens, VFA Membership & Development VP, June 2023

Photo 1. Judi Maraccini – Florida NOW Legislative Director, 2018. Photo 2. March with NOWNJ 1980. Photo 3. With NJ Senator Bill Bradley, Myra Terry (in blue) NOWNJ President and Judi Marraccini (right), circa 90’s.