Sue has been a lifelong activist for Women’s Rights. In high school, Sue and her classmates protested the girls’ dress code and won. She joined the Women’s Liberation Club and a committee to form a women’s studies program at Northeastern Illinois University, and worked on an anthology that the women’s studies program published in 1973. She became active in the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women, and later served on the Education Fund board, chaired the economic equity issue team and currently serves as archivist. She was elected and served as the President of Illinois National Organization for Women from 2015 to 2017. She is currently the Vice President of Illinois NOW Legal and Education Fund. She joined Working Women’s History Project in 1999, served as president from 2003 to 2012, and is currently Vice President in charge of Development.