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Preferred Citation

Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger journals, 1985-2008. Accession 45328. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying by Sharon Nordlinger, New York, New York.

Biographical Information

Zelda Kingoff was born 19 January 1932 in Greenville, South Carolina, to Joseph Kingoff and Alice Heiner Kingoff. The family moved to Richmond while she was a teenager and she attended Richmond public schools. Kingoff graduated from Marjorie Webster Junior College in 1952 and from Sally Tompkins School of Nursing in 1963. She married Martin Stanford Nordlinger (1930-2002) 24 December 1963. Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger was a lobbyist to the Virginia general assembly from 1971 to 1976, a free lance writer, and active in the women's movement. She was a co-founder of the Richmond chapter of the National Organization for Women in 1971. Nordlinger was also active in the National Women's Political Caucus and the Virginia Women's Political Caucus. Nordlinger had two children from a previous marriage and two daughters with Martin Nordlinger. Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger died 18 March 2008 in Richmond, Virginia.

Scope and Content

Journals, 1985-2008, of Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger (1932-2008) of Richmond, Virginia, consisting of abstracts of books, articles, columns, reviews, and other writings from newspapers, magazines, books, and essays covering a wide range of topics including women and society; sex, sexual roles, and sexual violence; violence, including gang, gun, and drug violence; politics, including finance and corruption; health care costs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security; liberalism and conservatism; the military; religion, including Christianity, Islam, and Judaism; terrorism; Richmond and Virginia; and other subjects.