Karen Bojar

Dr. Karen Bojar is Professor Emerita of English and women’s studies at the Community College of Philadelphia. She is a longtime Democratic Party activist and has served as a Democratic committeeperson for the past thirty years. She also has a long history as a feminist activist and served as President of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Organization for Women from 2001–2009. She continues to be involved in Philadelphia NOW and in Philadelphia politics and was recently appointed to the Mayor’s Commission for Women. Bojar has written numerous articles on feminist activism, and is the co-editor of Teaching Feminist Activism (Routledge, 2002); she also recently published Feminism in Philadelphia: The Glory Years, 1968–1982, which interweaves the history of feminism in Philadelphia with the broad themes and trajectory of the “second wave” feminist movement.