Jennifer Abod (born 1946) is an American

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activist, musician, journalist, and filmmaker.

Education

Jennifer Abod is the sister of feminist activist Susan Abod. She obtained her

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from

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, her

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from

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, and her Ph.D. Intercultural Media Education from Union Institute and University.

Feminist Work

Abod was a co-founder and the singer of the New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Band ''Papa Don't Lay that Shit on Me'' from 1970 until 1976. The highly political band played, once, in front of the

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during a

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march, and at Niantic State Prison, where Erica Huggins was imprisoned. The group also recorded with the Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band. Her voice was described as "a deep blue voice she could have taken to Hollywood," by

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. In 1972, ''

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'' published "Feminist Rock: No More Balls and Chains," which Abod contributed to, along with Virginia Blaisdell and

. She also co-wrote "The Liberation of Lydia," the first feminist radio

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in 1970. She was a radio broadcaster for 19 years and was the first woman in

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to host a nightly AM

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program, "The Jennifer Abod Show," which ran from 1977 until 1980. In 1985, Abod became an associate of the

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(WIFP). 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. Abod would go on to co-found Women's Health Advocates, and along with

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and Laura Ponsor Sporazzi, she interviewed women in drug treatment programs in the Northeast. This program evaluated the treatment of women in these facilities, and were published in a report, "The ABC's of Drug Treatment for Women," in 1976. In 1988 she formed her own production company, Profile Productions, which produced and distributed media relating to feminist activists and cultural workers. Her first documentary was released in 2002, titled "The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde." Abod's personal archive is in the collection of the

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Filmography

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Education

Feminist Work

Filmography

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