Heather Booth began speaking out against injustice. In her early twenties, she founded an underground network called Jane. The network eventually helped over 11,000 women get safe, illegal abortions before it was made legal in the U.S. with Roe v. Wade.

Heather grew up Jewish and was raised by loving parents. Her mom and dad shared an important Hebrew idiom with her and her brothers: “Tikkun Olam,” which means, “heal the world.” And that’s indeed what she’s been doing her whole life. 

In 1966, Heather led a sit-in against the war in Vietnam, becoming the first college campus in U.S. where the students took over an administration building. She co-founded the Chicago Women's Liberation Union.

Her husband Paul Booth was also an activist and her partner in justice.

Today she’s 78 years old and still giving talks, press conferences and showing up physically when the movement calls. 

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Produced by Jamie Yuenger and Piet Hurkmans. Our show’s musical intro and outro is taken from the track “Thursday” by the independent artist Nick Takénobu Ogawa. You can listen and support his music on bandcamp here. 

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