Remarkable Woman: Beth Schnorr, a 40-year career of advocating | WFRV Local 5 – Green Bay, Appleton

APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV)- Beth Schnorr ’78 (Humanistic Studies) grew up in the thick of the women’s rights movement, and it inspired her. She advocated for women,  and it motivated her— for 40 years.Schnorr served as the director of Harbor House Domestic Abuse Program in Appleton for three decades.“That would always happen to me at the time when I most needed that shot in the arm to remember why I’m here, what this is all about. So, those times were like gold,” Schnorr said.Remarkable Woman Finalist: Season Polsin Sometimes what she needed most was helping someone else when they needed it most.That cycle has been Beth Schnorr’s life’s work, her gold.“I grew up in the ’60s and ’70s, so I saw the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, the second wave gaining momentum and I just thought you know, ‘Wow, this is affecting my life, I was living some of this personally,’ and so social work was just a way for me to have those two things come together,” said Schnorr.After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Schnorr started her career at Golden House Domestic Abuse Shelter as a Women’s Advocate.“You know, one thing led to another and I knew that I wanted to find a career working primarily with women,” she said.

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