Lois Galgay Reckitt

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Lois Galgay Reckitt (December 31, 1944 – October 30, 2023) was an American feminist, human rights activist, LGBT rights activist, and domestic violence advocate. Called "one of the most prominent advocates in Maine for abused women", she served as executive director of Family Crisis Services in Portland, Maine, for more than three decades.

From 2016 until her death, she served in the Maine House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party.

From 1984 to 1987, she served as executive vice president of the National Organization for Women in Washington, D.C. She was the co-founder of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the Maine Coalition for Human Rights, the Maine Women's Lobby, and the first Maine chapter of the National Organization for Women. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 1998.