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Martha Wheelock
Alma materEarlham College
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, Educator
Known forFeminist films
Notable workForward Into Light, Votes for Women
MovementWomen's movement
Websitewildwestwomen.org

Martha Wheelock is a longtime educator and a filmmaker. She has been involved with the women's movement as far back as 1970.[1]

Film career

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Wheelock is notable for her films[2] featuring lesser known women in history. She founded Wild West Women Films in 1976.[3] She co-founded this organization with Kay Weaver.[4] In 1996 she made a film about the suffrage movement titled Votes for Women which marked the 75th anniversary[5] of the 19th Amendment.[6] Wheelock wrote, directed and produced a film on suffragist Inez Milholland titled Forward Into Light.[7]

LGBT activism

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Wheelock marched in Christopher street protests in the 1970s.[8] In 1974 she was photographed holding up a sign at a protest that stated "Mother Nature is a Lesbian."[3]

National Women's History Alliance

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In 2024 and 2025 Wheelock served as president of the board of the National Women's History Alliance.[9]

Teaching career

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Wheelock taught a variety of courses for over forty years including English, women's studies, ethics and theatre.[9] Wheelock taught English, ethnic studies and theatre in New York schools for 18 years.[10] In 2011 she served as the Humanities department chair at Harvard-Westlake.[11]

Education

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Wheelock graduated from Miss Hall's school in 1959[12] and studied in a doctoral program for English at New York University.[1] It was during her time studying there that she realized she wanted to be a filmmaker.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Interview with Martha Wheelock". Veteran Feminists of America. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  2. ^ Sandomir, Richard (2024-11-06). "Virginia Carter, a Feminist Adviser to Norman Lear, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  3. ^ a b admin. "VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: MARTHA WHEELOCK". Veteran Feminists of America. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  4. ^ ptommey. "About Us". Wild West Women, Inc. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  5. ^ "Inez Milholland - Forward Into Light & Into Light Special Preview Screening and Panel Discussion". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  6. ^ "Votes for Women, by Kay Weaver and Martha Wheelock. - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  7. ^ "Martha Wheelock – Inez Milholland ~ Forward Into Light". Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  8. ^ a b "Martha Wheelock Oral History Interview (Part 2)". digitalcollections.archives.csudh.edu. September 15, 2023. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  9. ^ a b "NWHA leadership". National Women's History Alliance. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  10. ^ "Martha Wheelock – Inez Milholland ~ Forward Into Light". Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  11. ^ "Wheelock to discuss feminist movement". The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  12. ^ "Reunion 2024 | Miss Hall's School". www.misshalls.org (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  13. ^ ptommey. "ERA ~ The Big Picture". Wild West Women, Inc. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
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