Honoring Florida Feminists, April 6, 2002 At Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton.
Scope and Contents
With South Palm Beach Chapter of NOW and Florida Atlantic University, Veteran Feminists of America held all day round table discussions with students and veteran feminists on the theme, "Women Speak Out." Judith Kaplan co-chaired for Veteran Feminists of America, with SPBCNOW president Sheila Jaffe and Mary Cameron, director of the Women's Studies Center at Florida Atlantic University. Among honorees: Roxcy Bolton (who persuaded the U.S. Weather Bureau to stop naming hurricanes after women), Nikki Beare, Florida legislator Elaine Gordon, Ruth Householder, Dr Dorothy Leland Stetson. Salute to Feminist Writers April 26, 2002 At Barnard College , NYC. Co-chairs of day-evening event: Muriel Fox and Sheila Tobias. Panel Discussions with Marilyn French, Mary Gordon, Erica Jong, Judith Rossner, Alix Kates Shulman, Catherine Stimpson (moderator); Barbara Seaman,, Susan Brownmiller, Phyllis Chesler, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Marlene Sanders (moderator). Audience members participated in the discussion, including younger writer Jennifer Baumgartner (co-author of "Manifesta," who complained that today's young women are being unjustly criticized by older feminists). Awards Dinner honoring writers whose writings were important for the feminist movement, including Vivian Gornick, Mary Kay Blakely, Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, Carolyn Heilbrun, Shere Hite, Anselma dell'Olio, Ruth Herschberger, Betty Rollin, and Wendy Sanford and Paula Duress-Worters , co-authors of Our Bodies Ourselves. All spoke briefly. At Lunchtime Rap Session many of the above writers, and other feminist writers of fiction and non-fiction spoke about their experiences.
Dates
- Creation: 1993-2007
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
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Extent
.83 linear feet (2 file boxes)Repository Details
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