Laura Kaplan

Laura Kaplan was a member of Jane and founding member of the Emma Goldman Women’s Health Center in Chicago. After moving to rural Wisconsin, she attended home births as a lay-midwife and established a shelter-based program for battered women. When she moved to the East Coast, she worked as an advocate for nursing home residents and was the managed care project director for Citizen Action of New York. She is on the board of the National Women’s Health Network and has been involved in a variety of community projects.