“You need people like Lois who are a solid foundation on whom you can depend.” “She was one of those really important people in the movement who was financially supportive but also philosophically supportive,” Faye Wattleton, the former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and a leading advocate of reproductive rights and other women’s causes, said in a telephone interview. Sasson never made the headlines at fund-raisers and demonstrations for feminist and other causes she supported, but those who did make such headlines viewed her as a vital presence. Sasson was the less-well-known half of a power couple in those arenas - her partner of 33 years was Lesley Gore, the singer known for “It’s My Party,” “You Don’t Own Me” and other 1960s hits. That’s how Susan Kahaner described her sister, Lois Sasson, a behind-the-scenes, always stylish force for women’s rights, gay rights, human rights.
Put those two women together and add some sexy spice and you have a picture of Lois.”
“Her heroes were Eleanor Roosevelt and Bella Abzug. This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.
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