• Along with thousands of other women and organizations working in the 1970s and 1980s, Helaine Victoria Press helped to change society, especially by empowering girls to pursue their dreams.
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Vicki Leighty comments on the long term influence of Helaine Victoria Press

From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen

  • Vicki Leighty began volunteering for Helaine Victoria Press in 1980. When Nancy Poore moved to Chicago in 1982, Vicki Leighty became the Assistant Director of the press. In 1986, she was instrumental in opening the Helaine Victoria Press Women’s History Shop in Bloomington. She continued working for Helaine Victoria Press until mid-1988. Julia Allen and Jocelyn Cohen interviewed Vicki Leighty by telephone on June 4, 2016. This segment is taken from that interview.
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