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BONNIE ANDERSON is Broeklundian
Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University
of New York, teaching courses in women's history and the history of feminism.
With Judith P. Zissner she co-authored "A History of their Own: Women in
Europe from Pre-History to the Present." Her newest book is "Joyous Greetings:
The First International Women's Movement 1830-1860." She has also worked
as a rape crisis counselor at St Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village
for over a decade and marches for women's issues, public education and assorted
radical causes. PAULA KAMEN is the author of "Her
Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution," the first large-scale journalistic
report on postboomer women's sexual attitudes. She is also the author of
what is noted as the first "Third Wave" feminist book, "Feminist Fatale:
Voices from the 'Twentysomething' Generation Explore the Future of the Women's
Movement," as well as the play, Jane: Abortion and the Underground. A Chicago-based journalist, her work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune
and about a dozen anthologies. Since 1994, she has been visiting research
scholar with the Northwestern University Gender Studies program. ANNE KINGSTON is an award-winning journalist and columnist for the national
Canadian daily, National Post, where she writes about social and contemporary
issues. She is also the bestselling author of "The Edible Man: Dave Nichol,
President's Choice and the Making of Popular Taste," which won the 1995 National
Business Book Award. A winner of and nominee for numerous National Magazine
Awards, Kingston has contributed to The Globe and Mail, Saturday Night, Toronto
Life, and the Chicago Sun-Times magazine. Her book, "The Meaning of Wife," an
exploration into the influence of the role of wife on female identity, will be
published in March. JILL KIRSCHENBAUM is the Editor-In-Chief of the recently re-launched Working Mother Magazine. She came to the publication from Fast Company
where, as senior editor, she was responsible for the cutting edge front-of-the-book
section, 'Report From the Future.' Prior to Fast Company, Kirschenbaum was
part of the editorial team that re-launched American Demographics in 1999. Her over 20 years in journalism includes writing and editing for publications including Life, Marie Clare, Connoisseur, Ms. and Premiere. JENNIFER POZNER is the founder of Women In Media & News (WIMN), a new media monitoring group that seeks to promote positive, accurate portrayals of women's and human rights issues in journalism and popular culture. Prior to founding WIMN, Pozner directed the Women's Desk at the national media watch group FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) during which time she debunked media inaccuracy and helped activists respond to sexist, racist and homophobic news coverage. Pozner contributes a regular Media Watch columnist for Sojourner: The Women's Forum and has been published in Ms., Newsday, Chicago Tribune, salon.com and Bitch among others. Pozner has appeared as a commentator on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor," Oxygen TV's "Pure Oxygen," and Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now!" MARIE WILSON has been an advocate
of women's issues for more than 30 years. She became president of the Ms.
Foundation for Women in 1984, raising millions of dollars for programs and
organizations serving women and girls including the Ms. Foundation's $16
million endowment fund. She co-founded The White House Project in 1998, which
is dedicated to advancing women's leadership by enhancing public perceptions
of women's capacity to lead. Wilson also co-created the hugely successful
Take Our Daughters To Work Day and served as an official government delegate
to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing,
China in 1995. |
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