Zoe Nicholson

Over this month, I got a strong calling to do something big,  something that creates its own trajectory and lasts. You are a part of it too. 

2020 January 27 is the day the 38^th state ratified the ERA. 
2022, January 27, it became law.
2025 January 27, I am sending my ERA diary; The Hungry Heart ~ A Woman’s Fast for Justice, into the world for free.

I am blessed with the sponsorship of Wild West Women, Inc.  You can share it, read it on your devices, and get in this jet stream of hope.

As Miss Paul showed me, the ERA survived WWII.  From her HQ in Geneva, 1938, the World Woman’s Party carried on. Miss Paul lived to 92 and never gave up.

 

CLICK to Download on the Wild West Women, Inc. site. 

The paperback edition is still available  Click here

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Oh the places I get to go.

     Nothing could have been more surprising than a phone call I got January 2019.  Two guys saw me in, "We'll Meet Again," and asked to film my speech at the Los Angeles Women's March. They were set up when I arrived. Out furled a red carpet that was just beginning.   
     Months went by and call #2 was to come to L.A. to video an interview. Slowly I understood this was for a documentary, "Still Working 9 to 5."  My part would be to talk about how the original "Working 9 to 5," impacted women, how things had changed or not, and what was the status of the Equal Rights Amendment. 

Flying to Virginia with Jeri Burton (President of Nevada NOW State #36) to see the vote for state #38 to ratify the ERA and meeting Lilly Ledbetter was a dream never imagined. 

Still Working 9 to 5
MovieMaker Magazine with podcast
Article, "How She Stays Motivated" 

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Engagements with Zoe Nicholson

Live Performance Booking Now:

~ Tea with Alice and Me ~

Solo Show Performed and Written by Zoe Nicholson
Inviting you to join the revolution of gathering women.

Virtual Program

ERA ~ The Big Picture

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The Hungry Heart ~ A Woman's Fast for Justice
Second Edition available now.
New Material with Epilogue by Sonia Johnson

Click to Purchase

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I am just a little disturbance, are you?

Zoe Nicholson is a satyagrahi, just as Pankhurst, Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Caesar Chavez were.  Her clear and forthright exploration of her intentions and motivations invites us into the mind of those who create and follow the path of non-violent resistance to injustice. 
Mary Lee Sargent, Professor Emerita Parkland College 

 

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          I am an activist, are you?

       I am here to give you permission,

               permission to stand, to draw a line, to refuse to move.  

What is your line? I am here to encourage you to step up.

To step over their line, step past what was,

step slower or faster. What is your next step?

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Zoe Nicholson is a tour de force.  Nicholson never ceases to inspire. Her memorable speaking engagements leave my students with deepened insight, renewed vigor and courage. She is a living legacy and a wealth of knowledge and experience. We are all privileged to learn from her. 
Melanie Klein, Santa Monica College

 

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The Truth of you is your ultimate act of resistance.

Zoe's life is a profile in courage and perseverance. Anyone who hears her message will find their own audacity to fight for equality. 
Dan Choi

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To integrate society, we have to be a fully integrated human being.

 (Zoe’s) message is highly impactful and empowering for people regardless of their exposure to social justice issues. Zoe is a smart, fun, engaging, and inspiring speaker whom I recommend enthusiastically.  
Lowell Kane, Director, Purdue University LGBTQ Center 

 

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A day can pass & feel as if nothing happen

 & then one comes along that holds a lifetime. 

Today was such a day.

 

I am fasting for equality of rights under the law in the U.S.  I am fasting to legislate treating adults without regard to gender.  I am fasting to criminalize discrimination.  But my heart wants so much more. From the Hungry Heart, June 16,1982, Day 30 of the fast.

Fasting for LGBTQ equality in 2010 would not have been possible without the transformative leadership of Zoe Nicholson. The grace, experience and discipleship by which she guides reflects the importance of understanding the deepest levels and purpose of the human story as a fundamental necessity for change. Her wisdom enhances motivation, boosts morale and instills the principles of equality, equity and empowerment. Iana Di Bona

 

 

 

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I am in love with equality and you are too. 

It is just that simple.

Because, in fact, there is no place else to be.  

 

 Zoe Nicholson has had a profound impact on my students. Each year, she provides real life testimony to the readings and feminist theories that my students study. Zoe has an incredibly rich activist history. She is a champion of the Equal Rights Amendment, GLBTQ rights and human rights in general. Zoe is a humanist who cares about injustices to all persons. She isn't just a one issue activist. 
Linda M. Perkins, Associate University Professor & Director of Applied Women's Studies, Claremont Graduate University 

 

 Zoe Nicholson is an activist, writer, and all around awesome human being who spoke to us about activism and how all of us have the power to create change and be an activist. Zoe infused in us the idea of talking about the issues and problems that are in front of us. She said that just by speaking up or one’s own actions we are an integral part of the movement and are activists.   
Santa Monica College Student Survey
 

 

 

 

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We are the well, the brave, capable.

We are the ones who can come out

and live openly in the light of day.

We are the Change-makers who are

advancing the river of human consciousness.
 

t was said that Alice Paul was a woman of such conviction to pass the Nineteenth Amendment that she rarely took her hat off. I think of Zoe as a woman who forever wears her feminist hat, using each moment to advance the lives of women and girls.                                                 Chelsea Del Rio, past president CA NOW

 

Intersectionality, integral Activism, a matrix of oppression - it all points to a new way of seeing social justice. That is why I changed my card (and my mind) from FEMINIST to EQUALITY ACTIVIST.  “Cuz, who ya gonna leave behind,”  isn't just a fun thing to say, it is the fact - you cannot liberate one group at a time as we are complex human beings.   Zoe