Irma Newmark (born 1927) is
an American
feminist. She joined New York
's division
of the National
Organization for Women (NOW) in 1967 and served as spokesperson for the committee on the image of
women. Newmark was also a founder and the first
president of the Bronx
chapter of
NOW, and a member/speaker for the Association of Feminist
Consultants. As such, she testified before the
United States Congress at a hearing
on women and employment.
In 1975, her
article Women
and the Full Employment Society was published in
The
Annals of Political and Social Science. Newmark taught the
first women's studies course at
Brooklyn
College
in the City
University of New York (CUNY) and was a co-founder of the
Women's Center there. She was also a co-founder, with
Jacqueline Ceballos and others,
of
VFA. As a member of the status of women
committee of NR (1989 - 1996), Newmark raised issues pertinent to
women's needs at the
United Nations.
She also chaired the caucus on the rights of the child at
UNICEF.
In 2004 - 2006, she was president of South Palm
Beach, Florida
Chapter of NOW.
Newmark, who has two children, earned her
B.A. from
Queens
College, CUNY (1970), and her
M.A. (1975) and
Ph.D. (1983) from the Graduate Center,
CUNY
.
References
- Feminists Who Changed America, 1963 - 1975