On the Wires

Oh, the places I get to go.

Nothing could have been more surprising than a phone call I got January 2019. Two guys saw me in, “We’ll Meet Again,” and asked to film my speech at the Los Angeles Women’s March. They were set up when I arrived. Out furled a red carpet that was just beginning.

Months went by and call #2 was to come to L.A. to video an interview. Slowly I understood this was for a documentary, “Still Working 9 to 5.” My part would be to talk about how the original “Working 9 to 5,” impacted women, how things had changed or not, and what was the status of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Links to News Stories

Flying to Virginia with Jeri Burton (President of Nevada NOW State #36) to see the vote for state #38 to ratify the ERA and meeting Lilly Ledbetter was a dream never imagined.

OUTLINE FORMAT by Category

Performances of Tea with Alice and Me

2018
January 7 City of West Hollywood, California
City Council Chambers

March 30 City of Long Beach, California
Beverly O’Neill Theater

May 11 Sarasota, Florida
Black Box Theater, New College

July 1 Santa Ana, California
Frida Theater

July 8 Middleton, Wisconsin
National Women’s Music Festival
Marriott Madison West Convention Center

Writing
    Books
         The Engaged Heart ~ An Activist’s Life
         The Hungry Heart ~ A Woman’s Fast for Justice
         The Passionate Heart
         Matri ~ Letters from the Mother
         Contributor to Feminists who Changed America 1963 – 1975
                Edited & wrote over 120 bios of Second Wave feminists.
    Blog
         OnlinewithZoe began in 2000 with political commentary, equality
information and conscience philosophy.
Speaking
Social Justice Summit Keynote Address Cal State Fullerton
Pomonoa Women’s Union
Purdue LGBTQ Center
March at Purdue Keynote Address
Minnesota NOW & Prairie Region
NOW State Conference
    SlutWalk LA
    Unite Women
    NWPC ERA Panel
    UN Women’s Peace Walk
    Take Back the Night
    Claremont Graduate School
    Rollins College
    Texas A & M
    Harvey Milk Conference, Austin TX
    Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX
    Social Justice Summit, Cal State Fullerton
    Santa Monica City College
    Cal State Fullerton
    Cal State Long Beach
    University of California Irvine
    AAUW
    University of California Bakersfield
    Conference National Women’s History Project
    Sacramento NOW
    Chapman University Democratic Club
    San Diego Central NOW
    National Conference Federally Employed Women.

Film & Television & Radio & Media
    Featured in MovieMaker Magazine
Featured in March On
Featrued in An American Housewife
Chicago AM
    Women’s Advisory Board West Hollywood
    The Mara Brown Show
    The Aware Show
    Weekend America
People Magazine
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
The Computer Channel ~ Graphical User Interface Architecture series

Business
    Lune Soleil Press Owner 2003 +
Software Design, Development and Sales 1993- 2001
    Computer Business Analyst 1985 – 1992
    Director of the Free Clinic of Orange County 1983 – 1984
    Built, owned operated Magic Speller Bookstore, 1976-1982
    High School teacher 1969 – 1975

Activism
    Previous
    Co-Coordinator BayView NOW
    VP Membership CA NOW
    Treasurer CA NOW
    NOW National Lead for the National Equality March 2009.
EC Hollywood NOW ERA Liaison

   Current
    Convener and President Pacific Shore NOW
    California Rep ERA Roundtable
    Demonstrations, Marches, Protests ~ 1968 to last week

PAST ARTICLES

A Feminist icon tell us how she stays motivated. June 2022

Activist and veteran Sean Sala speaks at the San Diego University Multicultural Conference about the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, mentioning Zoe Nicholson. July 18, 2013

Los Angeles Times Steve Lopez features Zoe Nicholson in article, “Prop. 8 decision means ‘wedding’ celebration tonight for gay couple” June 18, 2013

West Hollywood Patch, June 28, 2012, James Mills, Saturday is the 30 Anniversary of the Deadline to Pass ERA

The Los Angeles Post May 12, 2012, Heather Martin, Angelinos Unite for Women’s Rights

The Radical Housewife, April 11, 2012, Shannon Drury, Zoe Nicholson on Intergenerational Feminism

ERA Education Project, March 6, 2012, Zoe Nicholson on What the ERA Campaign Can Learn From the LGBT Movement.

Feminist Fatale, March, 2010, Melanie Klein, I Have a Crush on Zoe Nicholson and So Should You

MS. Blog May 20, 2011, Melanie Klein, To Reclaim Slut or not to Reclaim Slut: Is that the Question

Baylor University, Campus Reform, May 2, 2011, Anon, Texas A&M Hosts Radical Leftist GLT Activist Zoe Nicholson

OC Weekly Best of 2010, Spencer Kornhaber, Knows the Constitution say, “Don’t H8”

Truthout, September, 18 2010, James Michael Russell, Veteran Activist Zoe Nicholson Speaks Out on Equality, Politics, Life

Pride 10, September, 2010, Zoe Discusses the Dignity Fast

Orange County Register, September 1, 2010, Yvette Cabrera, A Lifetime of Activism Leads to a Starring Role

Feminist Fatale, July 27, 2010, Melanie Klein, Zoe Nicholson’s Interview with Feminists for Choice

OC Weekly, June 24, 2010, Spencer Kornhaber, Ex-Rated Criticism of Exodus International

Veteran Feminists of America, Zoe Nicholson – From ERA Activist to Equality Activist, From the Dark of Despair to the Light of Hope and Action, Zoe Tells Her Story

OC Weekly, November 11, 2009, Spencer Kornhaber, Proposition 8 Is Keeping Same-Sec Couple From Marrying, But It Has United OC’s Gay Community

Women in the Arts National Museum, Broad Strokes, July 9, 2009, Shout Out Zoe Nicholson

New York Times, October 26, 1997, Deborah Sontag Pop/Jazz; An Enigma Wrapped in Songs

Los Angeles Times June 24, 1982, NOW Admits ERA Campaign Defeat

New York Times June 24, 1982, Women Say They’ll End the Fast But Not the Rights Fight

People Magazine, June 21, 1982, People reports on ERA Fast