30 Facts About Nancy Feldman

Nancy G Feldman was a civil rights activist and longtime educator from the US state of Illinois.

Nancy Feldman was inducted to the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1995.

Nancy Feldman's advocating for the expansion of art education in Tulsa public schools remains one of her biggest legacies.

Nancy G Feldman grew up in Highland Park, IL, a suburb of Chicago.

Nancy Feldman had one younger brother and one older sister.

Nancy Feldman's parents moved to Highland Park with several of their college friends, providing a tight-knit community of family friends in which Nancy was raised.

Nancy Feldman was raised Jewish, though she had a broad exposure to many religions and ethnic backgrounds.

Nancy Feldman's parents were very influential in her education and strongly encouraged her to attend an eastern women's college.

Outside of school, Nancy Feldman was involved with the Girl Scouts and athletics.

Nancy Feldman was an accomplished diver and trained for the Olympics until she broke her back at age 16 in 1939.

Nancy Feldman took classes at Northwestern University while still in high school.

Nancy Feldman initially started out majoring in music but later changed.

Nancy Feldman attended Vassar for two years and briefly transferred back to Northwestern.

Nancy Feldman graduated with her Juris Doctor in the spring of 1946 as the top woman of her class.

At the time when Nancy Feldman moved to Tulsa, female lawyers were not readily hired.

Nancy Feldman easily changed her path and became a professor of sociology at the University of Tulsa, where she taught for 37 years.

Nancy Feldman was extended invitations to lecture in England, India, Egypt, Israel, Peru and around the United States.

Nancy Feldman was a dedicated educator, as well as a mother and wife at the time.

Nancy Feldman was chosen by Oklahoma State University to work for five years in a "Professors of the City" program, which helped to create the Model Cities Plan for economic and educational development in Tulsa.

Nancy Feldman was chosen for the position and served 9 years on its Board and Executive Committee.

The five main beneficiaries of Nancy Feldman's energy include Family and Children's Services, local and national Planned Parenthood, Community Service Council, local, national and international Girl Scouts, and the Arts and Humanities Council.

Nancy Feldman was instrumental in the expansion of art education in Tulsa schools.

Nancy Feldman was strongly opposed to the current segregation in Tulsa and did everything she could to work toward racial equality.

Nancy Feldman volunteered herself in several sit-ins at what is Wild Fork and became a member of NAACP.

Nancy Feldman successfully lobbied for the first black student to be admitted to Holland Hall, the school her children attended at the time.

Nancy Feldman was the state chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Oklahoma Civil Liberties Commission, and applied herself in the effort to get the ERA passed in 1972.

Nancy Feldman founded the Tulsa Center for the Physically Limited and the International Council of Tulsa, later known as the Tulsa Global Alliance.

Nancy Feldman was the first woman president of a major Tulsa arts organization.

Nancy Feldman is quoted as saying that Nepal is one her favorite locations that she and Raymond visited in their extensive travels.

Nancy Feldman died in 2014 due to the complications of cancer.