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Martha Wheelock

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Martha Wheelock
Alma materEarlham College
OccupationsFilmmaker, Educator
Known forFeminist films
Notable workForward Into Light, Votes for Women
MovementWomen's movement
FatherFrederic M. Wheelock[1]
Websitewildwestwomen.org

Martha Wheelock is a longtime educator and a filmmaker. She has been involved with the women's movement as far back as 1970.[2] Her political work was documented in a 2017 interview with Veteran Feminists of America.[3]

Film career

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Wheelock is notable for her films[4] featuring lesser known women in history. She founded Wild West Women Films in 1976.[3] She co-founded this organization with Kay Weaver.[5] Together they made the widely regarded short film One Fine Day[6] 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.[7][8][9]

In 1996 she made a film about the suffrage movement titled Votes for Women which marked the 75th anniversary[10] of the 19th Amendment.[11] Wheelock wrote, directed and produced a film on suffragist Inez Milholland titled Forward Into Light.[12]

LGBT activism

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Wheelock marched in Christopher street protests in the 1970s.[13] In 1974 she was photographed holding up a sign at a protest that stated "Mother Nature is a Lesbian."[3]

Board leadership

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The 2020 Suffrage Centennial Float featuring the logo of the National Women's History Alliance

National Women's History Alliance

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Wheelock has long been a leader of the organization National Women's History Alliance, the organization that created Women's History Month.[14] In 2020, she served as a lead on the creation of the Suffrage Centennial Float in the 2020 Rose Parade.[14][15] In 2024 and 2025 Wheelock served as president of the board of the National Women's History Alliance.[16]

Justice Bell Foundation

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Wheelock has also served on the board of the Justice Bell Foundation.[17]

Teaching career

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Wheelock taught a variety of courses for over forty years including English, women's studies, ethics and theatre.[16] Wheelock taught English, ethnic studies and theatre in New York schools for 18 years.[18] In 2011 she served as the Humanities department chair at Harvard-Westlake.[19]

Education

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Wheelock graduated from Miss Hall's school in 1959[1][20] and studied in a doctoral program for English at New York University.[1][2] It was during her time studying there that she realized she wanted to be a filmmaker.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Former I. E. Young Teacher to Wed". The Standard-Star. New Rochelle, NY. June 9, 1967. p. 27. Retrieved May 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. 1 2 "Interview with Martha Wheelock". Veteran Feminists of America. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 admin. "VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: MARTHA WHEELOCK". Veteran Feminists of America. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  4. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (November 6, 2024). "Virginia Carter, a Feminist Adviser to Norman Lear, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  5. ↑ ptommey. "About Us". Wild West Women, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  6. ↑ Weaver, Kay; Wheelock, Martha (January 1, 1984), One Fine Day (Short, Music), Kay Weaver, Ishtar Films, retrieved September 7, 2025
  7. ↑ "WHM - About Women's History Month | Events". events.santarosa.edu. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Women's Studies Library of Films". Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Women's Equality Day 2025 – Oregon NOW". Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Inez Milholland - Forward Into Light & Into Light Special Preview Screening and Panel Discussion". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Votes for Women, by Kay Weaver and Martha Wheelock. - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Martha Wheelock – Inez Milholland ~ Forward Into Light". Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Martha Wheelock Oral History Interview (Part 2)". digitalcollections.archives.csudh.edu. September 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  14. 1 2 "Inez Milholland - Forward Into Light & Into Light Special Preview Screening and Panel Discussion". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  15. ↑ Chang, Jonathan (November 11, 2019). "We Heart: The Rose Parade Float Celebrating the 2020 Suffrage Centennial". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  16. 1 2 "NWHA leadership". National Women's History Alliance. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Justice Bell Foundation Board". justicebell. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Martha Wheelock – Inez Milholland ~ Forward Into Light". Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Wheelock to discuss feminist movement". The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Reunion 2024 | Miss Hall's School". www.misshalls.org (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  21. ↑ ptommey. "ERA ~ The Big Picture". Wild West Women, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
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