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Karenna Gore Schiff, “Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America"
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Date:
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Time:
11:30 AM
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2:30 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Kay Sato
Location Details:
World Affairs Council
312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor Auditorium
San Francisco
312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor Auditorium
San Francisco
Event @ the World Affairs Council, 2/16
What: “Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America"
Who: Karenna Gore Schiff, Director of Community Affairs for the Association to Benefit Children; former attorney with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett; and author of Lighting the Way
Event: Karenna Gore Schiff, the eldest daughter of Al and Tipper Gore, has written a collective biography of nine outstanding American women of the 20th century - Ida B. Wells, Mother Jones, Alice Hamilton, Frances Perkins, Virginia Durr, Septima Clark, Dolores Huerta, Helen Rodriguez-Trias, and Gretchen Buchenholz. She profiles trail-blazing women who fought to combat racism, cruelty to children, pollution, disease, bigotry, and poverty, and to challenge the limits put on women as public leaders.
When: Thursday, February 16; Check In: 11:30 AM, Program: 12:00 PM
Where: World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor Auditorium, San Francisco
Admission Costs: Council and BASF members: $20,
Nonmembers: $30, Students: $10 (with lunch)
Info: (415) 293-4600, info@wacsf.org, http://www.itsyourworld.org
What: “Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America"
Who: Karenna Gore Schiff, Director of Community Affairs for the Association to Benefit Children; former attorney with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett; and author of Lighting the Way
Event: Karenna Gore Schiff, the eldest daughter of Al and Tipper Gore, has written a collective biography of nine outstanding American women of the 20th century - Ida B. Wells, Mother Jones, Alice Hamilton, Frances Perkins, Virginia Durr, Septima Clark, Dolores Huerta, Helen Rodriguez-Trias, and Gretchen Buchenholz. She profiles trail-blazing women who fought to combat racism, cruelty to children, pollution, disease, bigotry, and poverty, and to challenge the limits put on women as public leaders.
When: Thursday, February 16; Check In: 11:30 AM, Program: 12:00 PM
Where: World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor Auditorium, San Francisco
Admission Costs: Council and BASF members: $20,
Nonmembers: $30, Students: $10 (with lunch)
Info: (415) 293-4600, info@wacsf.org, http://www.itsyourworld.org
Added to the calendar on Mon, Jan 23, 2006 2:23PM
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