Jane, former Board Member & Honorary Supporter
of Women on the Job from the 1980’s, helped move our
issues forward with a strong commitment and willingness to
serve at multiple levels. She was a founder of WOJ’s
“Where Are the Women Project,” a program to increase
women on Corporate Boards.
She made a huge difference in our ability to
reach our goals. Her work will live on through the advancement
of women in the workplace.
Jane was indeed an inspiration to us all and
we will miss her.
Lillian McCormick, Executive Director,
Women on the Job
Dana Friedman, President, Women on the Job
My favorite memory with Jane, besides our "smoozing",
was persuading a male restaurant owner that it was not wise
for him to insist that his female staff wear bunny costumes
at business luncheons. It was in the early 1980s. Jane published
the Women's Record and I was Executive Director of the Women's
Educational and Counseling Center at SUNY, Farmingdale. We
convinced him that together we could mobilize a huge number
of professional women on LI to boycott his restaurant. When
that wait staff was liberated into pants and dress shirts
we celebrated the power of sisterhood! In Jane's memory, I
pray that young women are empowered to hold the ground we
took and will build on it for generations to come.
Ellen Cooperperson
I met Jane through the written word when I first
moved to Long Island from Texas. I was homesick for my wonderful
Texas girlfriends and was starting to think that I would never
meet the kind of women in New York that I would be able to
call "friend." All that changed when I read my first
copy of The Women's Record. I admired Jane before I actually
met her. I read about the Long Island Center for Business
and Professional Women in The Women's Record and joined after
I attended the first meeting. I made friends for life through
the Center. One of the first committees I joined had the objective
of promoting "Take Our Daughters to Work Day." I
met Jane at the first committee meeting. I told her my story
and thanked her for helping me with my transition to New York
life. We made a connection which lasted through the years.
Jane was one of the most amazing women that I have ever had!
the pleasure of knowing. My heartfelt condolences to all of
you who had close personal friendships with her. I know that
Jane blessed your life with her generosity, intelligence,
great ideas, sense of humor and love. We have all been blessed.
Sandi Kay Frank
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