Zoe Nicholson
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Zoe Nicholson is a feminist activist and author who had a notable role in the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment
. She earned a bachelor's degree in Roman Catholic Theology from Quincy University
in 1969 and a Master's degree in Ethics and Religion from the University of Southern California
in 1975. She taught high school for five years, but left in 1976 to open a women's bookstore in California called Magic Speller Bookstore.
She marched and lectured on gender equality for seven years, at the end of which in 1982 she embarked on a fast in Springfield, Illinois with six other women to convince Illinois to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. For 37 days she lived on only water. In 2004 she published her memoir of this fast, titled The Hungry Heart: A Woman's Fast for Justice. She is a member of the ERA Roundtable, a life-long member of NOW and a member of the Veteran Feminists of America.
In 2003 she published The Passionate Heart, an account of her experiences with Buddhism. That same year she also published Matri, Letters from the Mother which is "a small, very intimate collection of letters from the Divine Mother to the women of the world....The author, Zoë Ann Nicholson, uses this literary device to express her heart and her knowledge of the Mother."
In 2010 during a stump speech by President Obama for Senator Barbara Boxer, she yelled from the audience "Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, it's the right thing to do, I am somebody, get equal"; she was escorted out by the Secret Service, and an audience member yelled at her and stomped on her feet.
She was featured in the film "March On," about the National Equality March 2009, which she participated in; the film premiered September 12, 2010 at the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival.
She has also worked as a systems analyst, production tester, and project leader on Wall Street, as well as co-founding a specialized recruiting firm offering expertise in client/server architecture and graphical design. She also has her own blog.
She is openly bisexual.
Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. The ERA was originally written by Alice Paul and, in 1923, it was introduced in the Congress for the first time...
. She earned a bachelor's degree in Roman Catholic Theology from Quincy University
Quincy University
Quincy University a private liberal arts Catholic university in the Franciscan tradition. It is located in Quincy, Illinois and currently enrolls around 1,300 students.-History:...
in 1969 and a Master's degree in Ethics and Religion from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
in 1975. She taught high school for five years, but left in 1976 to open a women's bookstore in California called Magic Speller Bookstore.
She marched and lectured on gender equality for seven years, at the end of which in 1982 she embarked on a fast in Springfield, Illinois with six other women to convince Illinois to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. For 37 days she lived on only water. In 2004 she published her memoir of this fast, titled The Hungry Heart: A Woman's Fast for Justice. She is a member of the ERA Roundtable, a life-long member of NOW and a member of the Veteran Feminists of America.
In 2003 she published The Passionate Heart, an account of her experiences with Buddhism. That same year she also published Matri, Letters from the Mother which is "a small, very intimate collection of letters from the Divine Mother to the women of the world....The author, Zoë Ann Nicholson, uses this literary device to express her heart and her knowledge of the Mother."
In 2010 during a stump speech by President Obama for Senator Barbara Boxer, she yelled from the audience "Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, it's the right thing to do, I am somebody, get equal"; she was escorted out by the Secret Service, and an audience member yelled at her and stomped on her feet.
She was featured in the film "March On," about the National Equality March 2009, which she participated in; the film premiered September 12, 2010 at the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival.
She has also worked as a systems analyst, production tester, and project leader on Wall Street, as well as co-founding a specialized recruiting firm offering expertise in client/server architecture and graphical design. She also has her own blog.
She is openly bisexual.