Kate Swift

Dearest Kate and Casey, Still miss you both every day. Almost glad, though, you´re not here to see how everything is going backwards.

In the 70's when Kate lived in Madison, CT she was active with the New Haven Urban League.She was very supportive of my husband, Robert O. Bowles, the executive Director of the N.H Urban League. My family is indebted to Kate for sheltering the four of us when Bob was recuperating from a bicycle accident and we hid out at her home in Madison.
Kate will be greatly missed.

I met Kate while working with Love Makes a Family. She immediately struck me as articulate, intelligent, clear minded, focused and above all, warm kind and personable. She was 82. She taught me how to get active and to start organizing. Kate is a shining example of how one person can make an incredible impact in the lives of so many by just getting involved. In the brief time I knew her, she felt like a member of my family. She will be greatly missed.

When I was in graduate school working on a Ph.D. in American literature at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, I used Kate Swift and Casey Miller's book Words and Women for a research paper. It was empowering to find this feminist volume that upheld and deepened my own beliefs and understanding of the power of language. Blessings on the soul of Kate Smith and on her family. She made significant contributions to women's equality. I am grateful for her work and her example.

Thank you for your contribution to human evolution....

thank you for a life well lived, in dedication to humankind

Kate was a tremendous speaker and advanced the rights and dignity of all women. She will be missed but not forgotten.

Kate was a mentor and an inspiration to me. Women need more role models like her to follow.