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Sheila Tobias, VFA Board Member, Author and Educator
April 26, 1935 - July 6, 2021 As she worked her way through the ranks of academia during the 1960s and '70s, Sheila Tobias kept noticing something: Female students seemed to avoid studying math [...]
Alix Dobkin, Whose Music was by Women for Women, Dies at 80
Released in 1973, Lavender Jane Loves Women by Alix Dobkin and her band, was the first album recorded and distributed by women for women. It was, says Dobkin, "the very first album by, for [...]
Barbara Love’s New Book, There At The Dawning: Memories of a Lesbian Feminist
Barbara Love has already done more than her share of work in documenting the history of Second Wave Feminism with the publication of Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975. Now, with the publication of her [...]
Online Event: Feminist Writings that Inspired a Revolution
Women’s Liberation! Feminist Writings That Inspired A Revolution And Still Can Thursday, March 18, 6:00 to 7:00 pm EST This event is co-presented by the Center for American Studies at Columbia University and the Center [...]
Betty Friedan Webinar Video is Online
Go to our Events page to view the recording of the Feb. 4 webinar. Betty Friedan, creator of the modern women’s movement, was honored in a “star-studded” webinar titled “Betty Friedan’s 100 Birthday: Moving the [...]
In the Passing of Penny Stoil, We Have Lost a Great Friend!
Is it with deep sadness that Muriel and I write to inform you that, Penny Stoil, VFA Vice President for Development, passed away from cancer this morning. We will miss her tremendously, not only [...]
Helen Reddy, Whose No. 1 Hit Became an Anthem for Women, Dies in CA
Fans around the world are mourning Australian trailblazer and singer Helen Reddy after her death in Los Angeles. Reddy’s famous friends and devoted fans flooded social media with tributes to her many achievements on and [...]
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Her Legacy and the Way Forward
In the rearview mirror, the victories of a trailblazing feminist. On the road ahead, the threat of an entrenched and powerful minority. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at the age of 87, will [...]
Florence Howe, Author, Editor, Publisher, Scholar, Passes at 91
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/us/florence-howe-dead.html?smid=em-share Find out more about Florence here: https://veteranfeministsofamerica.org/vfa-pioneer-histories-project-florence-howe/ Florence Howe, a key architect of the women’s studies movement and a founder of the Feminist Press, a literary nonprofit dedicated to promoting social justice and amplifying overlooked [...]
Shere Hite, Who Challenged Myths of Female Sexuality, Dies at 77
Her 1976 book, ‘The Hite Report,’ touched off ‘a revolution in the bedroom’ and has sold tens of millions of copies. But harsh criticism drove her to self-exile in Europe. Shere Hite, who startled [...]