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Article: FEMINIST 'PIONEER' DIES AT HOME AT 78 GENE BOYER WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF NOW AND STARTED SEVERAL STATE ORGANIZATIONS.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
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- August 21, 2003
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Byline: Beth Williams Wisconsin State Journal
Women's rights activist Gene Boyer died Tuesday at her Madison home at age 78.
A founding member of the National Organization for Women, Boyer also founded the Wisconsin Women's Network, Women Business Owners of Wisconsin and the Jewish Women's Coalition.
"She was such a pioneer," said Mona Steele, Wisconsin Women's Network chairwoman. "She founded so many organizations and she was so incredibly organized and perceptive about the needs of women and these organizations."
Boyer served as NOW's first treasurer from 1968 to 1974, and later was the organization's finance vice president and ...