Veteran Feminists of America
Encyclopedia
Veteran Feminists of America is a non-profit organization
based in Phoenix
, Arizona
, United States
, for veterans of the Second Wave
of the feminist movement
. It was founded by Jacqueline Ceballos
in 1992.
Group member Linda Stein
and two other Veteran Feminists of America representatives appeared in the 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
, having been tricked into believing that Borat Sagdiyev
, who interviewed them in Stein's Manhattan
sculpture studio in 2005, was a journalist for Belarus
Television.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
based in Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, for veterans of the Second Wave
Second-wave feminism
The Feminist Movement, or the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States refers to a period of feminist activity which began during the early 1960s and lasted through the early 1990s....
of the feminist movement
Feminist movement
The feminist movement refers to a series of campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women's suffrage, sexual harassment and sexual violence...
. It was founded by Jacqueline Ceballos
Jacqueline Ceballos
Jacqueline Ceballos is an American feminist and activist. Ceballos is the former president of New York Chapter of the National Organization for Women and founder of the Veteran Feminists of America organization which documents the history of Second wave feminism and pioneer feminists...
in 1992.
Group member Linda Stein
Linda Stein (artist)
Linda Stein is an American sculptor and feminist.Stein was born in The Bronx to a working-class family. She attended the School of Visual Arts and Queens College, where she earned a B.A. and, while working as an art teacher, an M.A. at the Pratt Institute .Her career began with a calligraphy...
and two other Veteran Feminists of America representatives appeared in the 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, often referred to simply as Borat, is a 2006 mockumentary comedy film directed by Larry Charles and distributed by 20th Century Fox...
, having been tricked into believing that Borat Sagdiyev
Borat
Borat Sagdiyev is a satirical fictional character invented and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen...
, who interviewed them in Stein's Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
sculpture studio in 2005, was a journalist for Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
Television.