Martha Wheelock
Martha Wheelock | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Earlham College |
| Occupations | Filmmaker, Educator |
| Known for | Feminist films |
| Notable work | Forward Into Light, Votes for Women |
| Movement | Women's movement |
| Website | wildwestwomen |
Martha Wheelock is a longtime educator and a filmmaker. She has been involved with the women's movement as far back as 1970.[1] Her political work was documented in a 2017 interview with Veteran Feminists of America.[2]
Film career
Wheelock is notable for her films[3] featuring lesser known women in history. She founded Wild West Women Films in 1976.[2] She co-founded this organization with Kay Weaver.[4] Together they made the widely regarded short film One Fine Day[5] about the history of the women's movement. This film has been widely used in schools and in library archives to promote women's history.[6][7][8]
In 1996 she made a film about the suffrage movement titled Votes for Women which marked the 75th anniversary[9] of the 19th Amendment.[10] Wheelock wrote, directed and produced a film on suffragist Inez Milholland titled Forward Into Light.[11]
LGBT activism
Wheelock marched in Christopher street protests in the 1970s.[12] In 1974 she was photographed holding up a sign at a protest that stated "Mother Nature is a Lesbian."[2]
Board leadership
National Women's History Alliance
Wheelock has long been a leader of the organization National Women's History Alliance, the organization that created Women's History Month.[13] In 2020, she served as a lead on the creation of the Suffrage Centennial Float in the 2020 Rose Parade.[13][14] In 2024 and 2025 Wheelock served as president of the board of the National Women's History Alliance.[15]
Justice Bell Foundation
Wheelock has also served on the board of the Justice Bell Foundation.[16]
Teaching career
Wheelock taught a variety of courses for over forty years including English, women's studies, ethics and theatre.[15] Wheelock taught English, ethnic studies and theatre in New York schools for 18 years.[17] In 2011 she served as the Humanities department chair at Harvard-Westlake.[18]
Education
Wheelock graduated from Miss Hall's school in 1959[19] and studied in a doctoral program for English at New York University.[1] It was during her time studying there that she realized she wanted to be a filmmaker.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Interview with Martha Wheelock". Veteran Feminists of America. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ a b c admin. "VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: MARTHA WHEELOCK". Veteran Feminists of America. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (2024-11-06). "Virginia Carter, a Feminist Adviser to Norman Lear, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ ptommey. "About Us". Wild West Women, Inc. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ Weaver, Kay; Wheelock, Martha (1984-01-01), One Fine Day (Short, Music), Kay Weaver, Ishtar Films, retrieved 2025-09-07
- ^ "WHM - About Women's History Month | Events". events.santarosa.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ "Women's Studies Library of Films". Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ "Women's Equality Day 2025 – Oregon NOW". Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ "Inez Milholland - Forward Into Light & Into Light Special Preview Screening and Panel Discussion". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ "Votes for Women, by Kay Weaver and Martha Wheelock. - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ "Martha Wheelock – Inez Milholland ~ Forward Into Light". Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ a b "Martha Wheelock Oral History Interview (Part 2)". digitalcollections.archives.csudh.edu. September 15, 2023. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ a b "Inez Milholland - Forward Into Light & Into Light Special Preview Screening and Panel Discussion". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ Chang, Jonathan (2019-11-11). "We Heart: The Rose Parade Float Celebrating the 2020 Suffrage Centennial". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ a b "NWHA leadership". National Women's History Alliance. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ "Justice Bell Foundation Board". justicebell. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ "Martha Wheelock – Inez Milholland ~ Forward Into Light". Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ "Wheelock to discuss feminist movement". The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ "Reunion 2024 | Miss Hall's School". www.misshalls.org (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ ptommey. "ERA ~ The Big Picture". Wild West Women, Inc. Retrieved 2025-03-15.