Post-NOW
Following her NOW presidency she was involved with a wide range of organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Board of Partners in Housing, the National Coalition for Human Needs and Budget Priorities, the National Women's Political Caucus and at Social Policy magazine. She wrote a book titled Feminism for the Health of It (ISBN 0-931911-01-X), which she completed shortly before her death.
A resident of Norristown, Pennsylvania, she died there at Sacred Heart Hospital at age 64 from a heart attack on May 8, 1985. She had been married to Eugene E. Heide from 1951 to 1972, and they had two daughters together. Heide was the subject of Eleanor Humes Haney's 1985 book, titled A Feminist Legacy: The Ethics of Wilma Scott Heide and Company.
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