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Jacqueline Ceballos was born on 8 September, 1925 in Mamou, Louisiana, is an American activist (born 1925). Discover Jacqueline Ceballos's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 98 years old?

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Occupation activist, political organizer
Age 98 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 8 September 1925
Birthday 8 September
Birthplace Mamou, Louisiana
Nationality United States

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Who Is Jacqueline Ceballos's Husband?

Her husband is Alvaro Ceballos (m. 1951)

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1925

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

Ceballos is the former president of New York Chapter of the National Organization for Women and founder of the Veteran Feminists of America organization which documents the history of Second wave feminism and pioneer feminists.

Ceballos was born Jacqueline Michot in Mamou, Louisiana on September 8, 1925.

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

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

After majoring in voice, Ceballos moved to New York City to pursue a career in opera.

1951

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

1958

After the family moved to Bogota, Colombia in 1958, Ceballos founded the city's first opera company, El Teatro Experimental de la Opera.

During the break-up of her marriage, Ceballos was given Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique to read, which she later said inspired her toward activism in the feminist movement.

Her husband helped her open an export-import clothing business in New York.

1967

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

She served on the boards of NOW at the national and local levels from 1967–1973 and formed a public relations committee and speakers bureau.

She co-founded the New Feminist Theater.

1970

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

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

1971

Ceballos' 1971 debate on sexual politics with Norman Mailer and Germaine Greer is recorded in the 1979 film Town Bloody Hall.

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

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

She 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.

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

1972

In 1972, she joined the Ms. campaign, “We Have Had Abortions” which called for an end to "archaic laws" limiting reproductive freedom, they encouraged women to share their stories and take action.

1974

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

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

Along with dozens of other prominent feminists, Ceballos helped found the National Women's Political Caucus.

1975

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

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

1977

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

WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization.

The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media.

1979

The debate was recorded and released as D. A. Pennebaker's 1979 documentary film Town Bloody Hall.

During the debate, Ceballos made a case that women had the right and duty "to have a voice in changing the world that is changing them."

Angry about the image of women in media, Ceballos described the advertiser's portrayal as "She gets an orgasm when she gets the shiny floor!"

1980

After the rise of anti-feminism during the 1980s, Ceballos with Dorothy Senerchia, Barbara Seaman, and other feminist pioneers founded the Veteran Feminists of America (VFA).

The founding principle of the organization was to preserve the history of second-wave feminism as well as to honor the women and men who pioneered the movement.

2012

As of 2012, Ceballos lives in Phoenix, Arizona where her daughter, Michele, founded a non-profit dance and education group.

Her husband, Alvaro, died from Alzheimers at the age of 92 in Cucuta, Colombia.

2014

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