Virginia Cornue Papers, 1970-2009
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Cornue, Virginia, 1945-
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Virginia Cornue (1945-) is a scholar and social activist who was involved in a number of feminist organizations in the 1970s and 1980s. She was highly active in the National Organization for Women-New York City, serving as the education director from 1978 to 1981 and the executive director of the NOW-NYC Service Fund from 1981 to 1983. She was also the co-founder and executive director of the Women's Funding Coalition-NYC from 1981 to 1986 and the executive director of Newark Emergency Services ...
