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Gloria Steinem
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 7:30pm
Cemex Auditorium
A part of the Ms. Symposium 2012 at Stanford University, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Ms. Magazine.
A keynote speech byMs. founding editor, Gloria Steinem, will be the centerpiece of a Winter Quarter series of events that looks back on what Ms. has meant to its readers over the last 40 years and that looks ahead to what feminism may mean for the next generation. This event is co-sponsored by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, the American Studies Program, the Program in Feminist Studies, and Ms. Magazine.
The event is free and open to all, but tickets are required. For more information on the Symposium please click here .
About the speaker: For over four decades Gloria Steinem has been at the forefront of the women’s movement as a journalist, publisher, author, and political activist. She is the co-founder and first editor of Ms. Magazine, and was instrumental in founding a dozen other women’s organizations including the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Women’s Action Alliance, the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Ms. Foundation for Women, Choice USA, and the Women’s Media Center. Beyond the women’s movement, Steinem has been active internationally working for civil rights, gay rights, and animal rights; and in anti-war movements. She is the author of seven books, and the subject of two biographies.
For directions to the Cemex Auditorium please click here. Cemex Auditorium is located at 641 Knight Way, Knight Management Center, Stanford University. There is free underground parking.
Doors will open at 6:30pm. Your ticket guarantees your seat until 7:20pm. At 7:20, unfilled seats will be filled by patrons waiting for an open seat. THIS EVENT IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT, THERE ARE NO TICKETS AVAILABLE.
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