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Patricia Hill as Miss Michigan
1942. She was first runner-up in the Miss America pageant that year.
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Patricia H. Burnett at the First
International Feminist Conference in Mexico 1975
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Her work appears in galleries in the
United States and in London, Paris, and Rome. She was commissioned to paint a 20-painting series of living women
of achievement for the Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls.
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VFA CELEBRATES BOARD MEMBER PATRICIA HILL BURNETT ON HER 90TH BIRTHDAY!
 In 1969 Patricia Hill Burnett, an accomplished portrait painter, was asked by the man she
was painting to please sign her initials to his portrait rather than her name, so no one would know a woman was
the artist! Patricia said she glared at him and scrawled in huge letters at bottom of the painting PATRICIA HILL
BURNETT. Then she picked up the phone and called Betty Friedan, whose book, The Feminine Mystique,
had moved her greatly.
She told her story to Betty, who congratulated
her and immediately named her chair of the non-existant Michigan NOW. Patricia went on to organize Detroit NOW
and was president from 1969 to 1972.
A member of NOW’s national board, she chaired International NOW, convening affiliates from 21 countries. In 1972,
she was appointed to the Michigan Women’s Commission and served four terms, two as its chair. She also chaired
the National Association of Commissions for Women, and is the cofounder of the International Women’s Forum in Michigan.
She additionally served as co-convener of the Michigan Republican Women’s Task Force.
Patricia's colorful background includes the title of Miss Michigan and runner-up to Miss America 1942, where she
earned the title “Miss Congeniality,” which she most certainly deserves, as her feminist cohorts all agree. Noted
for her art, her work appears in galleries in the United States and London, Paris, and Rome. She has painted not
only her mentor, Betty Friedan, but Indira Gandhi, Joyce Carol Oates, Martha Griffiths, Valentina Tarashkova, Betty
Ford, Margaret Thatcher, Corazon Aquino, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Her 20-painting series of living women of achievement
is exhibited at the Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls.
Patricia was chosen to occupy a studio in the Scarab Club in Detroit, the first woman to be recognized by that
all-male artists' club. She then served on its board of directors for two terms. She is a lecturer for the U.S.
State Department and also serves on the board of the Detroit International Institute. She has been honored by many
organizations. Northwood University recognized her in 1977 as one of the world’s Ten Distinguished Women. She was
presented the Silver Salute Award for outstanding achievement in community leadership by Michigan State University
in 1976; NOW Women chose her as Feminist of the Year in 1974.
Patricia Hill was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1920. Her parents separated when she was a baby, and until a teenager
she grew up without many luxuries in a single-parent home in Toledo, Ohio. Later, a rich grandparent made their
lives easier. When her mother married a well-to-do physician on the staff of Henry Ford Hospital, they moved to
Detroit.
At the age of fourteen, she launched her artistic career by selling portraits for $25 in her home town. She graduated
with a degree in Fine Arts from Baltimore's Goucher College and continued her graduate study at the Instituto d'
Allende in Mexico and Detroit's Wayne State University.
After a brief unsatisfactory marriage to a surgeon, she wed businessman Harry Burnett. "Everyone thought I
was blissfully happy. I had a nice husband, beautiful house, four children," she said. "A perfect Stepford
wife, and then one day I realized how angry I was with the way society treated women." While her husband indulged
her, he treated her in many respects like a child. She decided she'd had enough.
She read The Feminine Mystique,
and the rest is herstory.
Still full of life and enthusiasism today, Patricia is active in the community and busy painting portraits. At
the moment she is painting Lisa Ederley from Kelly services. VFA joins her children, Bill, Barry, Terrill and Hillary,
her eight grandchildren and the 130 friends who will be with her on September 5th in celebrating her remarkable
life, and wishes her many more wonderful years.
To send birthday greetings to Patricia: jcvfa@aol.com
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DON'T FORGET WE
ARE
THE SECOND WAVE!
Betty Friedan had been central to
the reshaping of American attitudes toward women's lives and rights. Through decades of social activism, strategic
thinking and powerful writing, Friedan was one of contemporary society's most effective leaders. Friedan's l963
book, The Feminine Mystique, detailed the frustrating lives of countless
American women -- expected to find fulfillment through the achievements of husbands and children.
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Enthusiastic and resolute women in
large parade down Fifth Avenue on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Ammendment, which granted the
women the right to vote, as they march for further women's rights. Location: New York, NY, US Date taken: September
1970 Photographer: John Olson
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Women supporting the Equal Rights
Amendment demonstrate in front of the Statue of Liberty on August 10, 1970. Nearly 100 women from various women's
liberation groups participated in the demonstration. Shortly after noon, park rangers made the women remove the
banner from the base of the statue. (© AP Images)
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Title VII prohibits discrimination
due to race, color, religion, sex (gender), and national origin in hiring, employment (all terms, conditions and
benefits), and termination. Prohibits discrimination due to pregnancy and requires that pregnancy be treated the
same as any other non-work-related disability. Also bars retaliation against the person who made a complaint or
assisted the complaining party.
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During the l960’s federal law and
executive orders mandated employers to give equal opportunity in employment to women. In sports, which have drawn
the most attention to Title IX, the picture was equally dismal. Girls largely supported the boys’ teams through
cheer leading, cheering blocks, and raising money for the boys. In the event that girls and women persevered and
actually competed athletically, the support given their teams was far less than that given to boys’ and men’s teams.
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VFA
HONORED BY THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME AND PRESENTED WITH "KEEPER OF THE FLAME" STATUETTE
On August 21, 2010, one hundred and sixty-two years after Elizabeth Cady Stanton convened the first Women’s Convention,
the descendents of Elizabeth’s legacy -- the Veteran Feminists of America -- were honored by the National Women’s
Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY. Planned by the young Executive Director Chris Moulton and her assistant Amanda
Bishop, the unique and joyous celebration took place only a block from the 1848 convention site and is certain
to go down in VFA history.
In May 1851, there was a chance
encounter on the streets of Seneca Falls which forever altered the struggle for women's rights. Amelia Jenkins
Bloomer introduced Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The friendship that was forged between Stanton and
Anthony gave direction and momentum to the seventy-two year struggle for women's suffrage which culminated on August
26, 1920 in the passage of the 19th Ammendment to the United States Constitution. Neither woman lived to see this
happen.
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Until the birth of the Second Wave the lovely little village of Seneca Falls was better known as the setting for
the Xmas classic It’s a Wonderful
Life, rather than the home of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and the birth site of the feminist movement. Great historic figures such as Cady Stanton, Lucretia
Mott, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, who had attended the first convention, seemed to have been forgotten,
as were the gains they had achieved for women.
In 1971 Karen DeCrow, then president of Syracuse NOW, convened a political conference in Seneca Falls. I attended
with Connie Comer and Tina Santi from New York NOW. Nowhere were there signs of the town’s historic background.
Our group was photographed in front of the laundromat that replaced the church where the historic convention was
held. “What else would replace a women’s historical site but a laundromat!” someone remarked.
But with the new feminist movement, interest in the 19th century movement was renewed. The National Women's Hall
of Fame was established in 1969. Later, the late Senator Patrick Moynihan helped revive the town as a national
historic site. The laundromat was torn down and a nice plaque now graces the spot where the church once was. Cady
Stanton’s house and other historic spots were cleaned and the Women’s Rights Park and the National Women’s Hall
of Fame were established.
The Hall of Fame honors women from all professions,
but Seneca Falls is famous because Elizabeth Cady Stanton held the first feminist conference in the local Methodist
Church, so some of us feel that special attention should be given to Second Wave feminists who made all this possible.
Yes, Betty Friedan, Catherine East, Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, Charlotte Bunch, Karen DeCrow and a few others
have been initiated into the Hall, but every pioneer feminist who worked so hard to achieve equal rights for our
sex deserves to be honored. Many have been nominated but not selected, though they very much deserved to be. Without
the new feminist movement, there would be no Hall of Fame. So one day I was inspired to call the Hall.
“I’m Jacqui Ceballos,” I said, “president of Veteran Feminists of America.”
Amanda Bishop, the Hall’s deputy director, knew who I am and excitedly called Chris Moulton, the executive director,
to the phone. Both sounded very happy to hear from me.
I dove right in. “Almost every pioneer feminist deserves to be in the Hall of Fame,” I said. “It is impossible
to honor them separately, but why not honor them as a group?” Then I added, “Many are in their 80’s and 90’s so
it should be soon.” Both thought it a great idea and promised to get back to me.
A few weeks later Chris called. “We have a date for an event and we‘d love to honor VFA. There are places for 100
guests, with 10 complimentary tickets for you and other pioneer feminists.”
I immediately sent the word out and the responses poured in. Most couldn’t go at this late date. Our Chair and
Co-President had plans for that day so it was very important that I, and Barbara Love, author of Feminists Who Changed America, be there.
Along with Barbara, other board members who attended were VFA VP Gracia Molina Pick of San Diego, cofounders Dell
Williams and Sandy Zwerling of NY and Carole De Saram, Ann Jawin also of NY; Jean King and Mavra Stark of Philadelphia.
Cindy Judd Hill, who’d suffered a stroke a few weeks before, came from Pittsburgh with handwritten notes–as she
so wanted to share that she’d attended the first NOW meeting with Betty Friedan in Washington DC in 1967. Judy
Pickering, whom I'd not seen in 40 years, came from Connecticut. Other pioneer feminist attendees are listed below.
It is not easy to get to Seneca Falls. Gracia and I had to fly into Syracuse the day before in order to arrive
in time. We were met by Chris and driven the hour or so to Seneca Falls and treated to dinner. The next morning
they took us to the site of the first convention, where a nice building replaced the ugly laundromat, and we were
photographed beneath the sign which announced that this was the site of the first feminist convention. We then
visited the statue of Stanton, Amelia Bloomer and Anthony and were photographed alongside these great women.
THE EVENT: Women were pouring in for the reception at 5:30. There
was much animated greeting, as many had not seen one another in years. The room at the Hotel Clarence held only
100, and every seat was taken. The place was abuzz, cameras flashing--but there was no videotaping, no filming.
I ran around asking if anyone had a camera. “Yes,” said Katherine Pffieffer Pross, her husband had one in their
car. And Jack Pross ran out for the camera, set it up and began filming.
A band was playing in the background making
it hard to hear anyone talk. “Could we not have the band?” I asked Chris.
“I can’t do that, Jacqui,” she said. I have to say that Chris was a warm, most gracious host, who obviously appreciated
the pioneer feminists, as were Amanda and the young intern, Marrisa Garcia. We couldn't have been treated better.
But I later heard our event was underwritten by a business, and they hired the band.
Myra Kovary, a classical harpist, regretted that she hadn’t offered to play the harp, which would have been perfect
background music. She is offering her artistry for future events.
The plan was that Chris would introduce me, I would talk for a half hour and that was it.
“I must introduce the feminist guests,” I said, “and each one should be allowed to speak.” And I proposed that
we begin during dinner.
That wasn’t possible, I was told. You may introduce them, but there is no time for them to speak.
After dinner Chris gave a lovely introduction and presented me (for VFA of course) with an elegant glass statuette
dedicated “To the Veteran Feminists of America, Keepers of the Flame.”
I accepted, I hope graciously. I’d had a bit
too much wine and was a little high on all the excitement. I told the story of VFA’s founding, how we decided “If
no one would honor us, we’d honor ourselves,” which got a few laughs, and mentioned that the renewal of Seneca
Falls was because of the new feminist movement. This may have embarrassed Chris and upset the board women, but
I was on a roll. I’d meant not to do more than introduce VFA members, but what the hell… this would never happen
again!
First I called Barbara, who came up with Feminists Who Changed America; then Cindy Judd Hill, who trembled as she
told about the first meeting of NOW. Betty Friedan had heard that she’d been fired because she was pregnant and
invited her there to tell her story. Said Cindy, "I signed in as Mrs. Robert Hill, and Betty Friedan told
me that’s not your name!”
Judy Pickering told how she and NOW president
Wilma Scott Heide had run around the country dressed as Susan and Elizabeth, talking to women about the importance
of suffrage. Dell Williams, founder of Eve’s Garden, amused the audience with stories of helping women achieve
sexual liberation. She brought down the house with her ending: “I have a pin that says, “An orgasm a day keeps
the doctor away.”
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Jean King, who’d fought hard for Title VII with Bunny Sandler, spoke of handling legal cases for women. Carole
DeSaram reported on the joy of leading the Fifth Avenue March of 1970, helping carry the WOMEN OF THE WORLD UNITE
banner.
I was getting signals from Chris, so it was time to wrap it up. Before doing so I called Sally Roesch Wagner, head
of the nearby Matilda Gage Foundation, who had to be introduced!
The place was closing, so the other pioneer feminists guests weren’t able to talk! Before leaving, we gathered
for group photos. I led the singing of Ruth Hershberger’s The Battle Hymn of Freedom
to the tune of The Battle Hymn of
The Republic.
Our eyes have seen the future
and rejoice at what’s to be,
Every woman in position to achieve equality
We will vote ourselves in power by our own majority
For it’s liberation time.
WHO'S IN THE GROUP PHOTO?
1st Row: Skip Drum is the first person standing on
the left (blue dress holding papers on right hand). Anita Marcos, is third person on the back (left to right) looking
up. Gracia Molina Pick, VFA VP, Jacqui Ceballos, Helen Pearl of CT, Sandy Zwerling of NYC, Ann Jawin of Queens,
NY. 2nd Row: Sandy Silverman Souder standing right behind Jacqui in beige suit with
white trim and sunglasses on her head. Dell Williams is 3rd from left, Cindy Judd Hill of Pittsburg is in black
w/red pin, next to her is Mavra Stark in green from Philadelphia, then Judy Pickering of CT, Barbara Love of CT,
Jean King of Ann Arbor and Sybil Shainwald is talking to Maureen Nappi (her face is turned) 3rd Row: From left in background is Trudy Mason of NY and somewhere Carole DeSaram of NY
Next morning we were driven to Syracuse for the
train to New York by Trudy Mason, who had graciously risen very early to accommodate us, so early that we had no
opportunity to say goodbye to our friends. And after two days in New York Gracia and I left together and took our
flights to Phoenix and San Diego.
Thus ended what I know was a historic event: the recognition of all pioneer feminists into the National Women’s
Hall of Fame, though I don’t think the board and women who run the Hall of Fame realize this. I feel it left VFA
with another goal--to hopefully get the National Women’s Hall of Fame to realize the importance of the feminist
movement--and to initiate a special section of honorees in the Hall of Fame: THE FEMINIST HALL OF FAME.
Comments:
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Some words bedevil
me.
Audre Lorde (1962)
Beware how you
contradict prejudices, even knowing them to be such, for the generality of people are much more tenacious of their
prejudices than of anything belonging to them.
Susan Ferrier (1824))
Language, as symbol,
determines much of the nature and quality of our experience. Sonia Johnson (1991)
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CREATING
A FEMINIST LANGUAGE
FLUSHING THE SNEAKY
SEXISM OUT OF LANGUAGE AND TALKING FEMINIST
WHAT'S IN A SURNAME?
A lot.
Surname is a synonym of family name, also commonly known as a last name, which may be a patronymic or matronymic
or a combination, and some mononymous cultures do not use surnames at all. In Western cultures such as ours, foremothers’
identities disappear into the great beyond as upon marriage after marriage after marriage the father’s surname
is passed down the line, and hyphenated family names eventually lead to utter confusion.
Reflecting on Rosalie’s recommendations, Jean Ambrose voices her concern about this, and although it is not strictly
a language problem, she’s looking for answers. So this month Rosalie tackles the issue.--- Joan Michel
MAIDEN NAME
Please use birth/given/birth family/family/former/original/premarital name, family of origin name, original surname.
"Birth name" is the most commonly used term. A Rhode Island probate court judge surprised a woman who
 thought her birth name was hers by
ruling that a wife could not use her birth name without her husband's permission; the American Civil Liberties
Union challenged the ruling. Keeping one's birth name is not as widespread as it is perceived to be: only 10% of
U.S. married women do not use their husband's last name. Since 1979, women in Quebec legally retain their surname
upon marriage unless they make a special application to change it (Ruth King, Talking Gender). In Sicily, many
women have two names--their own "public" name and their married "private" name.
Keeping one's own name is fairly simple except when a couple has children. Do they take her name? his name? a hyphenated
name (the next generation will really have some issues)? a new, commonly held name? A progressive couple who had
twin daughters gave one her name, one his name, and this has not appeared to have caused any social, emotional,
or practical problems for any of the four of them. But it's not always so easy. I've been thinking about this for years and still don't see a tidy solution.
Personally, I use my birth name (hey, this is ME!), but I will, on rare occasions, use my husband's name if I need
to demonstrate a connection to him or to our children. I have credit cards and letterhead stationery in both my
own name and my married name but it's been about 20 years since I've used the latter stationery.
When using surnames, be sure you treat men's and women's name in a parallel fashion: if you use his surname alone
(Tascher), don't add a social title to hers (Ms. Demeter); if you call her Magnolia, don't call him Mr. Bartleby.
With reference to married couples, too often he is the main Primrose while she is Mrs. Primrose, Deborah, or Deborah
Primrose; they should be referred to as Charles Primrose and Deborah Primrose, Mr. Primrose and Ms. Primrose, or
Deborah and Charles. Some 90% of married women in the United States take their husband's last name, according to
a poll conducted for American Demographics magazine; those breaking with tradition are more likely to be young,
affluent achievers. Only six states recognize a statutory right for men to take their wives' last name. A man who
wants to take his wife's name must petition the court, advertise in a newspaper, and pay hundreds of dollars in
fees; a woman needs only to fill out a marriage license application (Ms.).
 Of Sicilian heritage, ROSALIE MAGGIO
was born in Texas, grew up in Fort Dodge, IA, and today lives in Pine Mountain, CA. With her seven fratelli e sorella,
her best friends, she has recently co-authored "Pieces of Eight," a memoir of anecdotes from their past
and e-mail exchanges from their collective present. A graduate of The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, Rosalie
is married to David Koskenmaki and the proud mother of three. She reads hundreds of books every year and her hobbies
include a daily walk in the woods and collecting inkwells. Among her 20 books of particular interest to feminists
are the "Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage: A Guide to Nondiscriminatory Language," "The New Beacon
Book of Quotations by Women," "An Impulse to Soar: Quotations by Women on Leadership," "Talking
About People: A Guide to Fair and Accurate Language," "Quotations from Women on Life", "How
to Say It," "Nonsexist Wordfinder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage." Coming soon is "Unspinning
the Spin."
More about Rosalie at www.rosaliemaggio.com.
Got opinions? Send them to maggio1@juno.com or to womansvoice123@gmail.com
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Check out the Comments from our Readers on Rosalie's first article "Lion/Lioness" just click here: Feminist Language ...
Your Comments are Welcome! Just Send them to maggio1@juno.com
or to
womansvoice123@gmail.com.
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Collbran Colorado - the site of the American
Service Woman's Memorial - From Sheila Tobias.
I was traveling in the mountains just outside
of Grand Junction, Colorado last week with a group when I noticed a small green directional sign on the road ---The
American Service Woman's Memorial. So we drove the 5 or 6 miles out of the way to have a look. We enquired of a
gas station manager in the town as to its origins and learned that the impetus came from a local man who thought
"the time had come to honor service women." A list of founder/donors on one of the pictures includes
Gayle Norton,former attorney General of the State of Colorado who served as Secretary of the Interior from 2001
to 2006 under President George W. Bush. This is possibly one of a kind. It's not listed in the guidebooks.
Would anyone know if there are other comparable Memorials specifically to women in the U.S. armed services around
the country?
If you do, please let us know. Thanks!
Sheila
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Bid on a 7 night vacation in this
lovely house in beautiful Mazatlan, Mexico!
You help the VFA!
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VFA AUCTION DONATED BY MARY STANLEY, PIONEER FEMINIST AND VFA MEMBER THREE BEDROOMS, SLEEPS
SIX.
2 ½ BATHS
ON BUSLINE
CORNER CONVENIENCE STORE
1 ½ BLOCKS TO BEACH.
NEIGHBOR/CARETAKER GENE MONI PICKS YOU UP AT AIRPORT, TAKES YOU TO HOUSE AND GIVES YOU KEY.
GENE LIVES 5 HOUSES AWAY.
BEDROOMS ARE UPSTAIRS.
TV AND PHONE, BUT NO LONG DISTANCE CALLS -- FRIENDS CAN CALL OR FAX YOU... IT IS CHEAPER TO CALL COLLECT THAN DIRECT
DIAL TO U.S.
FLY IN ON THURSDAY, FLY OUT ON THURSDAY. YOU CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH GENE OR TAXI FOR RETURN TO AIRPORT (24
MILES)
MINIMUM BID $600
HOUSE AVAILABLE MOST OF THE YEAR. AND NO DEADLINE FOR USAGE.
EMAIL BID TO JACQUI CEBALLOS AT JCVFA@AOL.COM OR MAIL TO VFA PO BOX 44551 PHOENIX, AZ 85064
FOR MORE INFO ON HOUSE CALL MARY
STANLEY 559-268-5756
BIDS START TODAY SEPTEMBER 5th, AND
CLOSE SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2010
See joyous letter below from a
renter describing her stay in Mazatlan.
Dear Mary, Mazatlan was WONDERFUL! We loved your house! And the Sea Garden. Gene helped with our bags, pointed
out spots like a tour guide on the way to the house and explained how everything worked. We didn't feel like tourists,
but like we were living in our own home. It was easy to take the bus, but when we came home late at night we took
a taxi for very little. The people could not have been more helpful. We felt safe all of the time. Ali, who worked
the Tour Desk at the Sea Garden, helped us with everything..
We loved the colonial architecture, Machado Square the outlying villages, the indigenous folk arts and the beach.
We watched the big waves rolling in at Sea Garden, wevisited the Mercado near the Cathedral ,the harbor, museums,
and a great bakery in Centro Historico. We explored the Casa de la Cultura, the Art Center, the Museo Arquelologico
and visited art galleries on the Friday Art Walk, We stopped for margaritas before ending up at the magnificent
Pedro & Lola's restaurant and listened to a great jazz group. We attended outdoor fiestas in the Square, shopped
for leather bags at the GOLD ZONE, visited the village of MALPICA with its production of plums and mangoes and
saw the 1590 Jesuit Mission. We went to the town of CONCORDIA where there is a Festivity with the 1785 Church of
San Sebastian, visited Elephant Hill and rural communities, snorkeled, had lunch poolside at Sea Garden and a final
celebration meal at the spectacular TOPOLO RESTAURANT in Machado Square. It was Like a dream. Thank you so much
for your wonderful house!
Contact: Jacqui Ceballos jcvfa@aol.com
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KNOW YOUR VFA OFFICERS
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A NEW VFA SERIES TO COMPLEMENT FEMINIST OF THE MONTH!
Responses to our Feminist of the Month
series have been so enthusiastic that we’re going to introduce you to VFA’s board members, who are also very special
feminists. We've already featured Barbara Love (October, 2009) and Muriel Fox, our Chair (July, 2010), as a feminist
icon. You'll soon be reading about our co-president, Sheila Tobias, and other officers, including me.
You too are special. We’re urging each and every pioneer feminist to write her bio, using VFA's as a model. Write
something personal and warm that shows the real you. Write about your childhood influences, who or what had an
impact on your life, how you came to devote so much of your life to feminism. Tell what you’ve done. We’re not
as interested in the awards you’ve received as why you got those awards… and what made you YOU!
Try to keep it under 2,000 words. Our web manager, finds photos and illustrations to dramatize the bios and sets
them up on our webpage. Editing is done by Jacqui, Joan Michel and the author - you. Hoping to hear from you soon.
Jacqui
Contact: jcvfa@aol.com
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...where would you
be if it weren't for them?
Visit Edie Hand's
and
Tina Savas's websites
www.ediehand.com
www.ediehandfoundation.org
www.womenoftruegrit.com
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Women of
True Grit
By Edie Hand and Tina Savas
ISBN: 978-0-9825396-0-6, Hard Cover, $24.95
Finally… the stories and secrets from the women who did it: work, succeed, pave the way for others to triumph.
What did it take? What did they conquer? And where would you be if it weren't for them? Many of these women were
the first in their fields and are now ready to share their past, their secrets, and their personal stories. They
have decided it is time to speak out…to candidly share what happened to them because they were women. It is important
not to forget. But most people have.
What makes this book unique? They tell it like it really was and is today, stunning real-life stories. Pillars
of their communities…with various ethnic backgrounds…from all across America…with careers ranging from airline
operator to advertising executive to horse jockey to Brigadier General. They are extraordinary women of vision
and determination.
Women of True Grit are the "WOW" women for the history books. They
are the infamous and the famous who have touched our lives for the better.
Edie Hand's philosophy for living life with gusto can be seen in everything she does as an acclaimed celebrity
chef, author, philanthropist, speaker, and business woman. She has been the CEO of Hand N' Hand Advertising, Inc.
since 1976. Edie is actively involved with American Women in Radio and Television and the National Speakers Association.
The Edie Hand Foundation works with special needs children. For more information go to these websites:
Tina Savas is among the first wave of women entrepreneurs in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1983, she founded the Birmingham
Business Journal newspaper, followed by Alabama Health News, Alabama Construction News, and Birmingham Weekly,
the area's only weekly alternative newspaper and continual winner of national editorial awards. Savas continues
her entrepreneurial spirit through real estate investment and other business ventures
Jacqui Ceballos Comments on True Grit
Three pioneer feminists are included in True
Grit, which features stories about
extraordinary women -- Roxcy Bolton, Florida activist famed for, among other things, getting Weather Bureau to
stop naming hurricanes after women only; Joan Hull, early NYNOW head of Employment Committee, who worked to see
that Title VII was enforced, and Anne Tolstoi Wallach, the first woman to break the “glass ceiling” in the advertising
industry. Jacqui Ceballos
Excerpts from a review by Kim Luu
, June 6, 2010
A self-help book that really tells it like it is. A rare find. True Grit
stands out because it is the actual words of the women who lived their lives, and not second-hand stories filtered
through the view point of a writer.
Each chapter features a woman’s essay about her own experiences. The women are diverse in age and ethnicity. What
I enjoyed about the book was the raw honesty in some of the stories.
One writer discussed an issue rarely acknowledged; how some women are biased against other women simply because
of their gender. They will actually go as far as sabotaging another woman’s career simply out of jealousy. Another
issue brought up was the danger of depending upon a husband for financial security, and then dealing with the aftermath
of divorce or death of the family’s breadwinner.
The book also includes stories from pioneering women, often unknown to the general public; women such as June Morris,
the first woman to own an airline and Delores Kesler, the first woman to take a company public on Wall Street.
This collection of stories of women in business is inspiring. At it’s core is the belief that anyone can achieve
their goals if they are focused, hard working and determined to move forward with their career, and their life.
Women of True Grit can be purchased through Amazon
or your local bookstore.
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SECOND
CHANCE FOR SECOND-WAVE FEMINISTS
If you are not included in the much-praised Feminists
Who Changed America,1963-1975
(University of Illinois Press), you can still be included if you active quickly. Barbara Love, the editor, is taking
questionnaires for a second edition/supplement.
The second opportunity will only be open for a short time. You deserve to be included in this reference work documenting
our contributions. So CLICK
HERE for the questionnaire,
You can Print it, fill
it out and send it to Barbara at Pioneer Feminists Project, c/o Barbara Love 82 Deer Hill Ave., Danbury, CT 06810. or
fax to: 203-826-9701
The first edition included biographies of over 2,200 second-wave feminists and has sold more than 3,000 copies,
many to libraries and universities. This is a project in partnership with Veteran Feminists of America and VFA
receives royalties. So do it now and send the questionnaire to your friends and and other activists who improved
the lives of women and girls in America.
Contact Barbara Love: bjlove@msn.com
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VFA OFFICERS
Jacqui Ceballos, President
Sheila Tobias - Co-President
Muriel Fox - Board Chair
Joan Michel, VP/Public Relations
Judith Kaplan - Vice-Pres
Gracia Molina-Pick -VP
Virginia Watkins - Secretary
Amy Hackett, Treasurer
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FINDING LOVE ON THE INTERNET
HAS JUST GOTTEN EASIER!
BARBARA LOVE ANNOUNCES THAT FEMINISTS WHO CHANGED AMERICA IS ON GOOGLE'S BOOK SEARCH.
 Millions
of people will now have access to biographies OF PIONEER FEMINISTS.
GOOGLE''S Book Search is used by librarians, scholars, booksellers, and readers worldwide. Book Search gives browsers
a taste of the book, much like browsing in a bookstore or library. In Limited Preview mode users can search the
full text for relevant terms, but they can see only 10% or so of the book's content.
*Feminists Who Changed America ~ 1963 - 1975 edited by Barbara J. Love of the Pioneer Feminists Project in partnership
with Veteran Feminists of America, a tax-exempt organization created to document feminist history, inspire younger
generations, and rekindle the spirit of the feminist revolution. The book that documents the contributions of more
than 2,250 feminist women and men is now a reality after a decade of effort. Feminists Who Changed America, 1963
-- 1975 has been published by the University of Illinois Press, a press with "a good feminist consciousness."
Here is the Google Book Search record for Feminists
Who Changed America:
Feminists Who Changed America Google Book Search
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Contact: jcvfa@aol.com
Veteran Feminists of America
Jacqui Ceballos
VFA
PO Box 44551,
Phoenix, AZ 85016
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KNOW YOUR HEROES....
GREAT FEMINISTS OF A GREAT GENERATION 1963 to 1983
Introducing PIONEER FEMINIST OF THE
MONTH
Each month we're featuring one or two of the great feminists featured in FEMINISTS WHO CHANGED AMERICA... We hope to get to everyone, but there are over 2000 in the book, and it would take
100 years and none of us will be here! So we're hoping that this rakes up so much interest that each one of you
will get your local newspapers to write about you and everyone from your state. This way you'll not only be honoring
local heroes of our great ongoing revolution, but it will call attention to VFA's work at documenting and preserving
the history of the Second Wave, and encourage younger women to continue where we left off.
CONTACT JACQUI CEBALLOS: jcvfa@aol.com
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Are
You On The Cover of Feminists Who Changed America?
 This cover photo was taken at
the Houston Conference in 1977 by famed photographer of the early movement, Bettye Lane.
Many of us have wondered just who are these women and men? If they recognized themselves, why don't they tell us
who they are, where are they today, and what are they doing? At the March 19th celebration in Dallas - Bonnie Wheeler, who organized the event, announced that she is the passionate, young woman in glasses, waving her fist at the bottom of the page. Today she is Associate Professor of English, Director
of Medieval Studies at Southern Methodist University and editor of Arthuriana. She is still a passionate feminist
and a member of VFA's board.
If you are on this cover, or know who others are, please
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Veteran
Feminists of America
 VFA
is a nonprofit organization for veterans of the Second Wave of the feminist movement. The goals are to enjoy the camaraderie forged during those years of intense
commitment, to honor ourselves and our heroes, to document our history, to rekindle the spark and spirit of the
feminist revolution and act as keeper of the flame so that the ideals of feminism continue to reverberate and influence
others.
Contact VFA: jcvfa@aol.com
Veteran Feminists
of America
PO Box 44551,
Phoenix, AZ 85064
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VFA is a nonprofit organization for veterans of the Second Wave of the feminist movement. The goals are to enjoy
the camaraderie forged during those years of intense commitment, to honor ourselves and our heroes, to document
our history, to rekindle the spark and spirit of the feminist revolution and act as keeper of the flame so that
the ideals of feminism continue to reverberate and influence others.
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