Elizabeth Boyer (feminist)
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Dr Elizabeth Boyer is an American lawyer, feminist and writer. In 1968, she founded the Women's Equity Action League
(WEAL) as a moderate feminist movement for professional women. It provided dissent against the National Organization of Women's pro-choice stance. Amongst other issues, WEAL worked to abolish university quotas and discrimination against women. In recognition of Boyer's contribution, the organisation created the "Elizabeth Boyer Award".
Boyer also researched and written a number of books about historical women, including 16th Century noblewoman Marguerite de La Rocque
, who was marooned on an island in the Gulf of St Lawrence as punishment for an affair.
Women's Equity Action League
The Women's Equity Action League, or WEAL, was a United States women's rights organization founded in 1968, during the feminist movement. The Women's Equity Action League was founded in Ohio and headquartered in Washington, D.C., as a "spin-off" of the National Organization for Women by more...
(WEAL) as a moderate feminist movement for professional women. It provided dissent against the National Organization of Women's pro-choice stance. Amongst other issues, WEAL worked to abolish university quotas and discrimination against women. In recognition of Boyer's contribution, the organisation created the "Elizabeth Boyer Award".
Boyer also researched and written a number of books about historical women, including 16th Century noblewoman Marguerite de La Rocque
Marguerite de La Rocque
Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval was a French noblewoman who spent some years marooned on the Île des Démons in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, off the coast of Quebec...
, who was marooned on an island in the Gulf of St Lawrence as punishment for an affair.
Select bibliography
- (1975)Marguerite de la Roque:A Story of Survival, Veritie Press, ISBN 978-0915964017
- (1983) A Colony of One: The History of a Brave Woman, Novelty, Ohio: Verite Press