The Chicago Women’s Liberation of Union’s (CWLU) was social-feminist organization that developed in the late 1960s and was a key player in the second wave feminism. CWLU was an umbrella organization that brought together individuals and groups to address numerous women’s issues and to change women’s position in society. Among the organization’s founders was Vivian Rothstein. Like many of CWLU’s members, Rothstein had prior experience in community organizing, having been the first organization of Jobs or Income Now (JOIN), which was part of a program that worked to address urban poverty in Uptown Chicago. Rothstein’s also had experience in other activities, such as being part of Chicago’s first women liberation group, the West Side Group, participating
