Billie Heller

Billie Heller
Born
Billie Love Rosenfield

1928
DiedApril 2018 (aged 89–90)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
OccupationWomen's rights activist
Years active1950s -2000s
SpouseSeymour Heller (m. 1951)
ChildrenDavid Heller, Bruce Heller, Liz Heller
AwardsGlobal Women's Rights Award, Feminist Majority Foundation, special award (2009)

Billie Heller (1928 – April 2018) was an American activist. An early advocate for women's rights, she was the founding member and chair of the national committee on the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and a member of the steering committee for the National Women's Political Caucus.[1][2]

  1. ^ HENDRIX, KATHLEEN (1985-07-07). "United Nations Decade for Women Will End With 50 Participating From the Southland". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ^ Sanjek, Roger (2009). Gray Panthers. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812221916. OCLC 794702352.