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Civil Rights & Human Rights

Heather Booth

Who

Heather Booth · Civil Rights & Human Rights

What

Founder of the Jane Collective, which provided abortion services to over 10,000 women before Roe v. Wade, and a lifelong organizer for reproductive and civil rights.

When

1945, Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA

Where

Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.

Biography

Heather Booth is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Founder of the Jane Collective, which provided abortion services to over 10,000 women before Roe v. Wade, and a lifelong organizer for reproductive and civil rights.

How & why

Heather Booth, born to a Jewish family, is a civil-rights and feminist organizer who took part in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer. She founded the Jane Collective, which provided safe abortion access to thousands of women before Roe v. Wade, and built a lifelong career training organizers for reproductive, labor and civil rights. Her organizing model has shaped generations of progressive activism.

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Source: Jewish Women's Archive (jwa.org/feminism/booth-heather); Wikipedia

Contributions & Sources

Founder of the Jane Collective, which provided abortion services to over 10,000 women before Roe v. Wade, and a lifelong organizer for reproductive and civil rights.

1945

Source: Jewish Women's Archive (jwa.org/feminism/booth-heather); Wikipedia