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== Early life and Education == |
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Judith Meuli was born in 1938 to parents Isabel Meuli (nee. Dresel) and Earle Meuli in [[Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin]]. Her siblings are Yvonne Herbert (nee. Meuli), Allan R. Meuli, Dr. Earle Maile, and Gerald R. Meuli[http://wayback.archive-it.org/8237/20100401135108/http://www.judithmeuli.com/]. In 1963, she earned a [[Bachelor of Science|Bachelor of Science degree]] from the [[University of Minnesota]][http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/20/local/me-meuli20]. For the next 10 years, Meuli was a research scientist at her alma mater, and then the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], where she studied [[renal physiology]].<ref name="feminist1">{{cite web|url=http://www.feminist.org/research/chronicles/authbio.html|title=The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 - Authors' Biographies - Feminist Majority Foundation|date=|publisher=Feminist.org|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> Although she taught surgical techniques and research methods at the university, Meuli was discouraged from entering medical school by her peers due to her gender as well as her age.[http://www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org/legacy/Judith%20Meuli.htm]<ref name="feminist1" /> |
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== Work in Women's Empowerment == |
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==== Work in National Organization of Women ==== |
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Early life and Education |
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Meuli joined the [[National Organization for Women|National Organization of Women]] in 1967. She helped found the Los Angeles chapter of NOW[http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/20/local/me-meuli20], and served as secretary from 1968-1970[http://www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org/legacy/Judith%20Meuli.htm]. She was the co-editor of ''NOW Acts'' (NOW's national newsletter) from 1970-1973, co-editor of the National NOW Times (the national newspaper) from 1977-1985, and editor of ''Financing the Revolution [http://www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org/legacy/Judith%20Meuli.htm]''. Meuli was a member of NOW's national Board of Directors from 1971-1977, serving as the Chair of the National Membership Committee from 1971-1974, on the National Nominating Committee in 1974, And coordinator of the Hollywood chapter of NOW in 1976. She was president of Los Angeles NOW from 1998-2000[http://www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org/legacy/Judith%20Meuli.htm]. Meuli also co-edited the National NOW publication "Do it NOW" with her partner [[Toni Carabillo|Toni Carabillo,]]<ref name="Now.org">{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/20/local/me-meuli20|title=Activist worked for women's rights|last=Rourke|first=Mary|date=December 20, 2007|website=|publisher=LA Times|archiveurl=|archivedate=|deadurl=|accessdate=2018-11-06|df=}}</ref> as well as creating a line of feminist jewelry to raise money for NOW and the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] campaign[http://wayback.archive-it.org/8237/20100316074903/http://www.now.org/history/meuli.html]. |
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==== Books ==== |
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''The Feminization of Power'' was published in 1988,[http://www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org/legacy/Judith%20Meuli.htm] written with her partner [[Toni Carabillo]]. The book grew out of a traveling exhibit that Meuli and Carabillo created for a twelve-city Feminization of Power campaign tour to empower women to run for office in 1988.<ref name="feminist1" /> |
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''The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993'' (1993) was written with Toni Carabillo and June Csida.<ref name="feminist1" /> |
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==== Women's Heritage Corporation ==== |
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| ⚫ | In 1969, she co-founded the Women's Heritage Corporation; a publishing company that produced the Women's Heritage Calendar and Almanac, and a series of paperbacks on people such as [[Lucy Stone]] and [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]].<ref name="feminist1" /> In 1970, she formed a graphic arts firm with Carabillo in Los Angeles, Women's Graphic Communications, that produces and distributes books, newspapers, political buttons, and pins.<ref name="feminist1" /> |
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==== Women's Graphic Communications ==== |
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In 1970, Meuli created a graphic arts firm with her partner Toni Carabillo. |
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| ⚫ | She designed many graphic images for T-shirts, buttons, etc., most famously one that combines the symbol for women with the "equals" sign across the circle, called the Brassy, one of which was given to [[Pope Paul VI]] by [[Betty Friedan]] in 1973.<ref name="latimes20072">{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/20/local/me-meuli20|title=Activist worked for women's rights - Los Angeles Times|date=2007-12-20|publisher=Articles.latimes.com|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref><ref name="feminist2">{{cite web|url=http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10767|title=Feminist Daily News 1/18/2008: Judith Meuli Remembered|date=|publisher=Feminist.org|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feminist.org/research/chronicles/fc1973a.html|title=The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 - 1973 - Feminist Majority Foundation|date=1949-01-03|publisher=Feminist.org|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> She made designs for Woman's Equality, Human Liberation, Sisterhood, Matriarchy Lives, Woman's Peace, [[Older Women's League]], [[Equal Rights Amendment]], Woman Thinker, Failure Is Impossible, NOW's Commemorative medallion, and many feminist issue pins in cloisonné enamel.<ref name="feminist1" /> |
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-Women’s Graphics (BIG) |
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==== The Feminist Majority Foundation ==== |
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-Veteran Feminists of America (small) |
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In 1987, [[Feminist Majority Foundation|Feminist Majority]](now known as Feminist Majority Foundation) was founded by Judith Meuli, Eleanor Smeal, Toni Carabillo, Peg Yorkin, and Katherine Spillar to "encourage women to be come involved in public affairs and [the] electoral process"[http://www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org/legacy/Judith%20Meuli.htm]. She was their secretary, as well as board member of the Feminist Majority Foundation. In 1990, she designed and constructed a building to host their media center and archives.<ref name="feminist1" /><ref name="feminist2" /><ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kpNarH7t9CkC&pg=PA311&lpg=PA311&dq=meuli+president+los+angeles+now&source=bl&ots=WnzzvfWBpa&sig=OOCbcL8rCY-GcwmJKLHZDwbWOVI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p7moUu__CtS2sATP44HYDw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=meuli%20president%20los%20angeles%20now&f=false|title=Feminists who Changed America, 1963-1975 - Google Books|date=|publisher=Books.google.com|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> |
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The Feminist Majority Foundation publishes [[Ms. (magazine)|Ms. Magazine]][http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/20/local/me-meuli20] and ran a national clinic access project, where they trained members on how to defend from antiabortion extremists. They also led campaigns to pass the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, as well as the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).[https://search.proquest.com/docview/231101636?rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo] |
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-Women’s Heritage corporation (small) |
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==== Other Involvement in Women's Rights Organizations ==== |
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Work in NOW |
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| ⚫ | She also designed the [[Veteran Feminists of America]] pin and medal of honor, and was a member of their national board.<ref name="google1" /><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vfa.us/Obituaries.htm#Judith%20Meuli|title=VFA Obituaries|date=|publisher=Vfa.us|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> She was awarded their Trailblazer Award in 2006.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> |
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| ⚫ | in 1977, Meuli became an associate of the [[Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press]] (WIFP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wifp.org/who-we-are/associates/|title=Associates {{!}} The Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press|website=www.wifp.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization which works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media. |
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-Involvement in Protests and Rallies |
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Relationship with Toni Carabillo (or should this go first? Or does everything go under this?) |
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==== Death and Memory ==== |
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Cancer and Death |
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She died December 14, 2007 at age 69 of Multiple Myeloma at her San Fernando Valley home in California.<ref name="Now.org" /> She is survived by her partner, Stephanie Palmer. Meuli donated her archive collections to the [[Schlesinger Library]] at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute in Massachusetts. Her archives can also be found in Harvard and UCLA's digital collections. |
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She received a bachelor of science degree from the [[University of Minnesota]], and was a research scientist at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and the [[University of California]], Los Angeles, where she studied [[renal physiology]].<ref name="feminist1">{{cite web|url=http://www.feminist.org/research/chronicles/authbio.html|title=The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 - Authors' Biographies - Feminist Majority Foundation|date=|publisher=Feminist.org|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> However, she was dissuaded from entering medical school because she was a woman and because she was considered too old at 30.<ref name="feminist1" /> (This is literally just copy pasted, man!) |
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She cowrote ''The Feminization of Power'' (1988) with her partner [[Toni Carabillo]] and cowrote ''The Feminist Chronicles'' (1993) with Toni Carabillo and June Csida.<ref name="feminist1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://feminist.org/research/chronicles/chronicl.html|title=The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 - Feminist Majority Foundation|date=|publisher=Feminist.org|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> ''The Feminization of Power'' grew out of a traveling exhibit that Meuli and Carabillo created for a twelve-city Feminization of Power campaign tour to empower women to run for office in 1988.<ref name="feminist1" /> |
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In 1967, Meuli cofounded the Los Angeles [[National Organization for Women]], and in 1968 she was elected to serve for two years as its secretary.<ref name="feminist1" /> From 1971 to 1977, she served almost continuously as a member of NOW's National Board of Directors.<ref name="feminist1" /> From 1971 through 1974, she served as Chair of the National Membership Committee of NOW, instituting reforms such as central dues collection and an anniversary payment system.<ref name="feminist1" /> In 1974, she also chaired NOW's National Nominating Committee. In 1976, she was elected coordinator of NOW's Hollywood chapter.<ref name="feminist1" /> She was a co-editor of ''NOW Acts'' from 1970–73 and the ''National NOW Times'' from 1977-1985.<ref name="feminist2">{{cite web|url=http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10767|title=Feminist Daily News 1/18/2008: Judith Meuli Remembered|date=|publisher=Feminist.org|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> She was also the editor of "Financing the Revolution" in 1973.<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kpNarH7t9CkC&pg=PA311&lpg=PA311&dq=meuli+president+los+angeles+now&source=bl&ots=WnzzvfWBpa&sig=OOCbcL8rCY-GcwmJKLHZDwbWOVI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p7moUu__CtS2sATP44HYDw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=meuli%20president%20los%20angeles%20now&f=false|title=Feminists who Changed America, 1963-1975 - Google Books|date=|publisher=Books.google.com|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> She later was president of Los Angeles NOW from 1998-2000.<ref name="Now.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.now.org/history/meuli.html|title=NOW Mourns Loss of Feminist Leader Judith Meuli|date=2007-12-15|publisher=Now.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214212411/http://www.now.org/history/meuli.html|archivedate=2013-12-14|deadurl=yes|accessdate=2013-12-14|df=}}</ref> Meuli also edited the National NOW publication "Do it NOW" with Toni Carabillo, and created with Carabillo a line of feminist jewelry that raised money for NOW and the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] campaign.<ref name="Now.org" /> |
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| ⚫ | In 1969, she co-founded the Women's Heritage Corporation |
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| ⚫ | in 1977, Meuli became an associate of the [[Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press]] (WIFP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wifp.org/who-we-are/associates/|title=Associates {{!}} The Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press|website=www.wifp.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization |
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She was also a cofounder and board member of the [[Feminist Majority]]; in 1990, she designed and constructed a building in which to keep their archives and media center.<ref name="feminist1" /><ref name="feminist2" /><ref name="google1" /> |
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| ⚫ | She designed many graphic images for T-shirts, buttons, etc., most famously one that combines the symbol for women with the "equals" sign across the circle, called the Brassy, one of which was given to [[Pope Paul VI]] by [[Betty Friedan]] in 1973.<ref name="latimes20072">{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/20/local/me-meuli20|title=Activist worked for women's rights - Los Angeles Times|date=2007-12-20|publisher=Articles.latimes.com|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref><ref name="feminist2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feminist.org/research/chronicles/fc1973a.html|title=The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 - 1973 - Feminist Majority Foundation|date=1949-01-03|publisher=Feminist.org|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> She made designs for Woman's Equality, Human Liberation, Sisterhood, Matriarchy Lives, Woman's Peace, [[Older Women's League]], [[Equal Rights Amendment]], Woman Thinker, Failure Is Impossible, NOW's Commemorative medallion, and many feminist issue pins in cloisonné enamel.<ref name="feminist1" /> |
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| ⚫ | She also designed the [[Veteran Feminists of America]] pin and medal of honor, and was a member of their national board.<ref name="google1" /><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vfa.us/Obituaries.htm#Judith%20Meuli|title=VFA Obituaries|date=|publisher=Vfa.us|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> |
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She suffered from [[multiple myeloma]].<ref name="feminist2" /> |
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She died in 2007 at age 69.<ref name="Now.org" /> |
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Judith Meuli (1938-2007)[1] was an American feminist activist and scientist.
Judith Meuli | |
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| Born | January 15, 1938 Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
| Died | December 14, 2007 (aged 69) |
| Cause of death | Multiple Myeloma (Cancer) |
Early life and Education
Judith Meuli was born in 1938 to parents Isabel Meuli (nee. Dresel) and Earle Meuli in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Her siblings are Yvonne Herbert (nee. Meuli), Allan R. Meuli, Dr. Earle Maile, and Gerald R. Meuli[1]. In 1963, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota[2]. For the next 10 years, Meuli was a research scientist at her alma mater, and then the University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied renal physiology.[2] Although she taught surgical techniques and research methods at the university, Meuli was discouraged from entering medical school by her peers due to her gender as well as her age.[3][2]
Work in Women's Empowerment
Work in National Organization of Women
Meuli joined the National Organization of Women in 1967. She helped found the Los Angeles chapter of NOW[4], and served as secretary from 1968-1970[5]. She was the co-editor of NOW Acts (NOW's national newsletter) from 1970-1973, co-editor of the National NOW Times (the national newspaper) from 1977-1985, and editor of Financing the Revolution [6]. Meuli was a member of NOW's national Board of Directors from 1971-1977, serving as the Chair of the National Membership Committee from 1971-1974, on the National Nominating Committee in 1974, And coordinator of the Hollywood chapter of NOW in 1976. She was president of Los Angeles NOW from 1998-2000[7]. Meuli also co-edited the National NOW publication "Do it NOW" with her partner Toni Carabillo,[3] as well as creating a line of feminist jewelry to raise money for NOW and the Equal Rights Amendment campaign[8].
Books
The Feminization of Power was published in 1988,[9] written with her partner Toni Carabillo. The book grew out of a traveling exhibit that Meuli and Carabillo created for a twelve-city Feminization of Power campaign tour to empower women to run for office in 1988.[2]
The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 (1993) was written with Toni Carabillo and June Csida.[2]
Women's Heritage Corporation
In 1969, she co-founded the Women's Heritage Corporation; a publishing company that produced the Women's Heritage Calendar and Almanac, and a series of paperbacks on people such as Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.[2] In 1970, she formed a graphic arts firm with Carabillo in Los Angeles, Women's Graphic Communications, that produces and distributes books, newspapers, political buttons, and pins.[2]
Women's Graphic Communications
In 1970, Meuli created a graphic arts firm with her partner Toni Carabillo.
She designed many graphic images for T-shirts, buttons, etc., most famously one that combines the symbol for women with the "equals" sign across the circle, called the Brassy, one of which was given to Pope Paul VI by Betty Friedan in 1973.[4][5][6] She made designs for Woman's Equality, Human Liberation, Sisterhood, Matriarchy Lives, Woman's Peace, Older Women's League, Equal Rights Amendment, Woman Thinker, Failure Is Impossible, NOW's Commemorative medallion, and many feminist issue pins in cloisonné enamel.[2]
The Feminist Majority Foundation
In 1987, Feminist Majority(now known as Feminist Majority Foundation) was founded by Judith Meuli, Eleanor Smeal, Toni Carabillo, Peg Yorkin, and Katherine Spillar to "encourage women to be come involved in public affairs and [the] electoral process"[10]. She was their secretary, as well as board member of the Feminist Majority Foundation. In 1990, she designed and constructed a building to host their media center and archives.[2][5][7]
The Feminist Majority Foundation publishes Ms. Magazine[11] and ran a national clinic access project, where they trained members on how to defend from antiabortion extremists. They also led campaigns to pass the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, as well as the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).[12]
Other Involvement in Women's Rights Organizations
She also designed the Veteran Feminists of America pin and medal of honor, and was a member of their national board.[7][8] She was awarded their Trailblazer Award in 2006.[8]
in 1977, Meuli became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP).[9] WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization which works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media.
She is featured in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Women, and Feminists Who Changed America.[2][7]
Death and Memory
She died December 14, 2007 at age 69 of Multiple Myeloma at her San Fernando Valley home in California.[3] She is survived by her partner, Stephanie Palmer. Meuli donated her archive collections to the Schlesinger Library at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute in Massachusetts. Her archives can also be found in Harvard and UCLA's digital collections.
Article page on Judith Meuli
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- ^ "Activist worked for women's rights - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 - Authors' Biographies - Feminist Majority Foundation". Feminist.org. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ a b Rourke, Mary (December 20, 2007). "Activist worked for women's rights". LA Times. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|deadurl=(help) - ^ "Activist worked for women's rights - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ a b "Feminist Daily News 1/18/2008: Judith Meuli Remembered". Feminist.org. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ "The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 - 1973 - Feminist Majority Foundation". Feminist.org. 1949-01-03. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ a b c Feminists who Changed America, 1963-1975 - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ a b "VFA Obituaries". Vfa.us. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ "Associates | The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press". www.wifp.org. Retrieved 2017-06-21.