The impacts, effects, and responses to COVID-19 are and were not gender-neutral and many women are and were at the forefront in dealing with COVID-19 at the local as well as national level. The Women in Civic Leadership class (2021-2022) through partnership with women civic leaders and engagement with community organizations in London, examined and assessed London’s experience of COVID-19 by collecting oral histories. By telling the stories of how women community leaders in London responded and are responding to the pandemic, these histories show how gender is intrinsic to crises and crisis responses and how gender-based (GBA+) and intersectional approaches can help guide future responses and policy.