In Sisterhood: the Women’s Movement in Pittsburgh©, 1967-1989, is an oral history and multimedia project designed to promote a deeper understanding and appreciation of an inspiring aspect of the region’s history and to highlight how progress was achieved through the hard work and determination of a diverse group of local grassroots activists.
UPCOMING EVENT
Presenting Sponsor:
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield together with Allegheny Health Network
50th Anniversary Celebration of Pittsburgh Ordinance #395
Monday, July 8, 2019
6:00 reception & silent auction
7:00 program, Premiere of Changing the Want Ads
Keynote speaker Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation, will talk about 21st Century strategies for making gender equity a reality.
Highmark Auditorium
501 Penn Avenue
2nd floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
The YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh is the fiscal sponsor of
In Sisterhood: The Women's Movement in Pittsburgh©
Ann Begler
Ann Begler
Ann Begler (b. 1950) was born in DuBois, PA where her parents operated a women's clothing store. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh (1971) and Duquesne University Law School …
Paulette Balogh
Paulette Balogh
Member, First Pittsburgh NOW, 1970-1982 Member, Steering Committee, Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, 1974-1979 Attorney, Allegheny County Public Defender’s Office, 1975-1986 Staff Attorn …
June 30, 1981 – Kick Off of the ERA Countdown Campaign led by NOW President Eleanor Smeal and Honorary Co-Chairs, Betty Ford and Alan Alda; the deadline for ratification of the ERA was June 30, 1982.
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