American feminist author, nurse, and social activist
Wilma Scott Heide
Wilma Scott Heide, 1973
Born
Wilma Louise Scott
(1921-02-26)February 26, 1921
Ferndale, Pennsylvania, US
Died
May 8, 1985(1985-05-08) (aged 64)
Norristown, Pennsylvania, US
Nationality
American
Alma mater
University of Pittsburgh
Union of Experimenting Colleges and Universities
Spouse
Eugene Heide
(m. 1951; div. 1972)
Relatives
Ray Eugene Scott (brother)
Harold Dwight Scott (brother)
Tamara Lee Heide (daughter)
Wilma Louise Scott Heide (February 26, 1921 – May 8, 1985) was an American author, nurse, and social activist. Born in Ferndale, Pennsylvania, Heide trained as a registered nurse in psychiatry at Brooklyn State Hospital. She began her career at a mental hospital in Torrance, Pennsylvania, where she imposed changes to rectify the persistent mistreatment of staff and patients. She received her bachelor's and masters' degrees in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh and was involved in a number of activist groups in the city.
She became more heavily involved in the feminist movement in 1967, when she joined the National Organization for Women (NOW) and became a founding member of the Pittsburgh chapter. Heide was involved in The Pittsburgh Press case that ended the practice of listing separate help wanted ads for men and women, decided in 1973 by the Supreme Court of the United States in Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations. She also led a demonstration during a United States Senate subcommittee meeting that was credited with restarting hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Heide was the third president of NOW from 1971 to 1974, during which time she grew the organization to over 50,000 members, led a campaign against AT&T for sex discrimination, and convinced a number of other organizations to publicly support the ratification of the ERA by state legislatures. She also helped found a number of other women's groups, including the National Women's Political Caucus and the Women's Coalition for the Third Century, and was the author of the book Feminism for the Health of It. She received her doctorate from the Union of Experimenting Colleges and Universities in 1976 and worked as a women's studies professor at colleges across the country throughout the final decade of her life. She died in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1985 at the age of 64.
Wilma Louise ScottHeide (February 26, 1921 – May 8, 1985) was an American author, nurse, and social activist. Born in Ferndale, Pennsylvania, Heide trained...
August 2023, Heide began hosting KROQ Flashback Sunday. Heide’s mother was American feminist author and social activist WilmaScottHeide. 1977–79: WERS...
the street later that night. Fox was encouraged by Ina Braden and WilmaScottHeide to join the National Organization for Women (NOW) but was initially...
nascent organization about her lawsuit. She then was recruited by WilmaScottHeide to become one of the founding members of the Pittsburgh chapter of...
this conference along with Jo Ann Evansgardner, Rona Fields, and WilmaScottHeide. The conference was held at Harvard Divinity School and Lesley College...
Organization for Women (NOW) in 1968. She was recruited to the group by WilmaScottHeide, her colleague at the psychology department of Pennsylvania State...
most important being A Feminist Legacy: The Ethics of WilmaScottHeide and Company (1985). Heide was the third national President of the National Organization...
shootdowns of Allied aircraft; in Hamburg (killed in dogfight, 1943) WilmaScottHeide, American feminist and social activist who successfully pursued a...
Rights Commission, 1957–1965 (Michigan State University Press 1968) Heide, WilmaScott (2014). Feminism for the Health of It. BookBaby. p. 178. ISBN 9781483541747...
Community Minister-President 6 May 1993 13 July 1999 6 years, 68 days Belgium Heide Simonis Schleswig-Holstein Minister-President 19 May 1993 27 April 2005...
London, 7 March 2012 – 27 May 2012. 2012 – Louise Bourgeois: Late Works at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 24 November 2012 – 11 March 2013. 2013 –...
Conducted by Rolf Andersen Forsvaret spiller Verbal album Harald Heide-Steen jr. Harald Heide-Steen jr. Classical music Knut Nystedt Contemporary Music from...
criminalized providers, The Guardian (May 20, 2016). Jon Herskovitz and Heide Brandes (May 20, 2016). "Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin Vetoes Bill Making Abortion...
Minister-President of the French Community 6 May 1993 13 July 1999 6 years, 68 days Heide Simonis Germany Europe Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein 19 May...
Grønnow; James Haile; Jón Hallsteinn Hallsson; Ramona Harrison; Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen; Rick Knecht; Robert J. Losey; Edouard Masson-MacLean; Thomas...
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