The Take Back the Night Campaign
The Take Back the Night campaign, launched by the Women's Coalition in 1979, was characterized by greater consensus and had a significant impact on the Milwaukee community. A series of street demonstrations to protest violence against women led to increased community education on sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, and contributed to institutional changes which addressed these social problems more effectively. Funding for its Community Education Project from the City of Milwaukee and private foundations sustained the Women's Coalition from 1981 through 1985.
In the Summer of 1979, a series of brutal rapes and murders occurred in the Milwaukee area. Beginning in May with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Joanne Esser on a state highway, the violent incidents multiplied. A client killed Dr. Rhoda Lorton, a psychiatrist at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. Teenagers Heather Halseth, Nancy Lynn Radbill, and Heidi Hafeman were found assaulted and battered. Four elderly women, Helen Lows, Florence Meyn, Della Mae Liggins, and Florence Burkard, were stabbed and beaten to death in their homes. Other murder victims during the period of May to September included Alice Alzner, Janet Marie Bey, Marion L. Friend, Valerie Lane, Rose Powell, and Jennifer Rice, aged 13 months
The Take Back the Night campaign, launched by the Women's Coalition in 1979, was characterized by greater consensus and had a significant impact on the Milwaukee community. A series of street demonstrations to protest violence against women led to increased community education on sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, and contributed to institutional changes which addressed these social problems more effectively. Funding for its Community Education Project from the City of Milwaukee and private foundations sustained the Women's Coalition from 1981 through 1985.
In the Summer of 1979, a series of brutal rapes and murders occurred in the Milwaukee area. Beginning in May with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Joanne Esser on a state highway, the violent incidents multiplied. A client killed Dr. Rhoda Lorton, a psychiatrist at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. Teenagers Heather Halseth, Nancy Lynn Radbill, and Heidi Hafeman were found assaulted and battered. Four elderly women, Helen Lows, Florence Meyn, Della Mae Liggins, and Florence Burkard, were stabbed and beaten to death in their homes. Other murder victims during the period of May to September included Alice Alzner, Janet Marie Bey, Marion L. Friend, Valerie Lane, Rose Powell, and Jennifer Rice, aged 13 months
The Take Back the Night Campaign
The Take Back the Night campaign, launched by the Women's Coalition in 1979, was characterized by greater consensus and had a significant impact on the Milwaukee community. A series of street demonstrations to protest violence against women led to increased community education on sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, and contributed to institutional changes which addressed these social problems more effectively. Funding for its Community Education Project from the City of Milwaukee and private foundations sustained the Women's Coalition from 1981 through 1985.
In the Summer of 1979, a series of brutal rapes and murders occurred in the Milwaukee area. Beginning in May with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Joanne Esser on a state highway, the violent incidents multiplied. A client killed Dr. Rhoda Lorton, a psychiatrist at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. Teenagers Heather Halseth, Nancy Lynn Radbill, and Heidi Hafeman were found assaulted and battered. Four elderly women, Helen Lows, Florence Meyn, Della Mae Liggins, and Florence Burkard, were stabbed and beaten to death in their homes. Other murder victims during the period of May to September included Alice Alzner, Janet Marie Bey, Marion L. Friend, Valerie Lane, Rose Powell, and Jennifer Rice, aged 13 months
The Take Back the Night campaign, launched by the Women's Coalition in 1979, was characterized by greater consensus and had a significant impact on the Milwaukee community. A series of street demonstrations to protest violence against women led to increased community education on sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, and contributed to institutional changes which addressed these social problems more effectively. Funding for its Community Education Project from the City of Milwaukee and private foundations sustained the Women's Coalition from 1981 through 1985.
In the Summer of 1979, a series of brutal rapes and murders occurred in the Milwaukee area. Beginning in May with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Joanne Esser on a state highway, the violent incidents multiplied. A client killed Dr. Rhoda Lorton, a psychiatrist at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. Teenagers Heather Halseth, Nancy Lynn Radbill, and Heidi Hafeman were found assaulted and battered. Four elderly women, Helen Lows, Florence Meyn, Della Mae Liggins, and Florence Burkard, were stabbed and beaten to death in their homes. Other murder victims during the period of May to September included Alice Alzner, Janet Marie Bey, Marion L. Friend, Valerie Lane, Rose Powell, and Jennifer Rice, aged 13 months
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