Pat Bakalian

Pat Bakalian is a feminist and lifelong activist who started out as a volunteer community organizer in the early 1970s, working to stop harmful development, organizing events in support of women’s reproductive rights and helping to create her county’s domestic violence commission. Pat was staff on a number of political campaigns, working as a fundraiser, field director and campaign manager. She was a regional outreach consultant for the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under President Bill Clinton. Pat lives in Northern California with John, her husband of forty-nine years. When not writing or engaging in activities to secure women’s equal rights or helping to elect Democrats, she spends time with her three daughters, sons-in-law and four grandchildren.