Bonnie Eisenberg graduated from UC Berkeley in 1969. That summer she got involved in the early women’s liberation movement while working an internship at the New England Free Press in Boston. In Jan 1970, she was part of a group of women who organized a demonstration on the Berkeley campus for self defense classes for women. She started the first Women’s Liberation newspaper, “It Ain’t Me Babe” in Berkeley that year, the first of three women’s newspapers she edited and managed over the next 20 years.

After earning Master’s Degrees in Psychology and Counseling from Sonoma State University, Eisenberg took a job as Projects Director of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women. In that role she was staff to the Education Task force, which started the first Women’s History Week celebration in 1978. A few years later, when the idea of celebrating Women’s History week began to spread across the country, she became Publications Director for the National Women’s History Project (NWHP), developing posters, curriculum materials and organizing guides for educators and community organizers, as well as a mail order catalog of women’s history books. While working for the NWHP, she also conducted teacher training workshops and women’s history conferences for educators throughout the country.

In addition to the work on publications, Eisenberg also co-wrote and produced a five part video series on women’s history entitled “Women in American Life”, funded by the US Dept. of Education. A few years later, after helping to write a women’s history anthem, “A Fine and Long Tradition,” she co-produced a music video of the song for NWHP.

During this time, Eisenberg was also a member of the National Council on Sex Equity in Education (NCSEE) serving on the Board of Directors, as vice president and as newsletter editor for several years. She also served on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Support Network, the Sonoma County YWCA and the NWHP.

After retiring and moving to New Mexico in 2004, Eisenberg got involved with the American Assoc. of University Women (AAUW) in Las Cruces. She served as branch president and as coordinator of the annual “Girls Can” career conference. She was also instrumental in bringing the AAUW sponsored Tech Trek STEM summer conference for middle school girls to New Mexico.