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Biography of Patricia IrelandName: Patricia IrelandBirth Date: October 19, 1945 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Oak Park, Illinois, United States Nationality: American Gender: Female Occupations: women's rights activist, lawyer Patricia Ireland Patricia Ireland (born 1945), who started her career as an airline flight attendant, became a successful corporate lawyer in the mid-1970s but found her true calling as head of the powerful National Organization for Women (NOW), of which Ireland was elected both vice-president and president.The world of feminist polemics and advocacy is far removed from the middle-class upbringing that Patricia Ireland enjoyed. A child during the 1950s, her youth was relatively uneventful, yet the tumult and tensions of her college years and her early work experiences paved the way for a vastly different lifestyle. Her election to the presidency of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1991 represented the culmination of decades of intense political activism on behalf of women's rights.Middle-Class UpbringingPatricia Ireland was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on October 19, 1945, to James Ireland and Joan Filipek. She spent her childhood in rural Valparaiso, Indiana, where her father …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…of what women want, Ireland hoped that her readers would ask themselves the same question. She explained, "When you decide what you want, when you add your own voice to those of other women, when we begin collectively to answer the question of what women want, we become stronger; we become much more determined to get it." Associated Organizations Further Reading Articles and interviews provide extensive background on this feminist leader. Some sources are the New York Times Magazine (March 1, 1992), Newsweek (July 22, 1991), and the National Review (August 12, 1991).Bader, Eleanor J. "What Women Want (Book Review)." The Progressive 60 (July 1, 1996): 42(2).Clift, Eleanor. "Patricia Ireland: What NOW?" Newsweek (December 16, 1991): 30.Ireland, Patricia. What Women Want New York: Dutton, 1996.------. "The State of NOW." Ms. (July/August 1992): 24-27.Renwick, Lucille. "NOW Chief Aids Launch of Coalition." Los Angeles Times, 24 June 1995.Selvin, Molly. "Whiplash from Backlash. What Women Want by Patricia Ireland (Book Review)." Los Angeles Times, 11 August 1996. |