Carol Greitzer was born on January 3,1925 and is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from 1969 to 1991 and was the first president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
16 Facts About Carol Greitzer
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Carol Greitzer was born on January 3,1925, in Manhattan.
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Carol Greitzer grew up in the north Bronx, and credits her love of New York City to her native New Yorker father, Harry Hutter, who enjoyed learning about the history of the city and often took her sightseeing.
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Carol Greitzer later moved to New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood with her first husband, Herman Carol Greitzer.
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Carol Greitzer joined the Greenwich Village Association, and after assisting with a campaign for Adlai Stevenson II, became a member of the Village Independent Democrats in 1956.
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In 1961, Carol Greitzer decided to run for district leader, which at the time was separated into two roles, district leader male and district leader female.
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Carol Greitzer worked alongside Philip Wittenberg and Margot Gayle to organize local leaders and children from the community to campaign for the courthouse to be turned into a library.
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Carol Greitzer was heavily involved in a plan to remove car and bus traffic from Washington Square Park.
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When Ed Koch left his New York City Council position in 1969 to run for Congress, Carol Greitzer decided to run for the newly vacant Council seat.
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Carol Greitzer won and was a New York City Councilwoman, representing Greenwich Village and other downtown areas.
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Carol Greitzer served as a Councilwoman for 22 years, beginning with her win in 1969 and ending in 1991 when she lost her Council seat to Republican Charles Millard.
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Carol Greitzer's activism continued throughout her time on the Council, and she became increasingly involved with feminist issues.
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Carol Greitzer's became active in New York's pro-choice movement, and began working with NARAL, which at the time stood for National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws.
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Carol Greitzer worked closely with politician Percy Sutton, a pro-choice advocate, to push for pro-choice legislation in New York state.
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In 1972, Carol Greitzer attended the Democratic National Convention as a representative for George McGovern.
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At the convention, Carol Greitzer worked with other feminists to argue that women and their reproductive rights needed to be a prominent issue for the Democratic party.