Heather Booth
Heather Booth · 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.
1945, Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA
Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.
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.
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
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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.
Source: Jewish Women's Archive (jwa.org/feminism/booth-heather); Wikipedia
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