Instead of fight for her inheritance—and risk exposing her sexuality—Felicia Gizycka dropped a lawsuit to protect a developing AA.
Marty Mann, executive director of the National Committee for Education on Alcoholism, proved a valuable mentor for many early women of AA.
Just a few years after Bill Wilson founded the fellowship in 1939, Felicia Gizycka, daughter of editor Cissy Patterson, stumbled into a meeting.