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18 Facts About Jacqueline Ceballos

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Jacqueline "Jacqui" Michot Ceballos was born on September 8,1925 and is an American feminist and activist.

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Jacqueline Ceballos is featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.

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The daughter of Louis Michot and Adele Domas, Jacqueline Ceballos was the middle child of seven children.

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Jacqueline Ceballos attended public school in Lafayette and studied music at Southwestern Louisiana Institute.

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In 1951 Jacqueline Ceballos married Colombian businessman Alvaro Jacqueline Ceballos with whom she had four children.

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Jacqueline Ceballos's husband helped her open an export-import clothing business in New York.

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In 1967, Jacqueline Ceballos moved back to New York City with her four children where she attended her first National Organization for Women meeting.

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In 1971, Jacqueline Ceballos served as president of New York NOW.

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Jacqueline Ceballos appeared in the April 30,1971 town hall debate entitled, A Dialogue on Women's Liberation with Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer, Diana Trilling, Jacqueline Ceballos, Jill Johnston.

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Jacqueline Ceballos became NOW's Eastern Regional Director in 1971 and served as its representative at the 1972 Democratic National Convention.

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Jacqueline Ceballos co-founded the Women's Forum in 1974 and served as the organization's first executive director.

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Jacqueline Ceballos later worked as a representative at the United Nations International Women's Conference.

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In 1970, Jacqueline Ceballos helped Betty Friedan organize the Women's Strike for Equality.

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Jacqueline Ceballos assisted Friedan in organizing demonstrations speaking out against the all-male staff at The New York Times.

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Jacqueline Ceballos became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press in 1977.

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In 2014, Jacqueline Ceballos was featured in the film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.

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In 1975 Jacqueline Ceballos retired from general activism to start a company.

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Jacqueline Ceballos opened a public relations firm to advertise feminist education courses and she began the New Feminist Talent speaker's bureau.