Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Biddle Rare Book Room
Contact Information: Kelly Wooten, 919-660-5967 or kelly.wooten(at)duke.edu
Next Tuesday, Merle Hoffman reads from her new memoir, Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Boardroom.
Hoffman is a pioneer in developing and providing women’s health services; an award-winning writer; and a fearless advocate for women who has been in the forefront of cutting edge issues for over 40 years.
This past fall, Hoffman pledged $1 million to endow the directorship of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at the Rubenstein Library. Her papers are part of the Bingham Center’s collections.
The reading is co-sponsored by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture and Duke’s Program in Women’s Studies as part of this spring’s “Future of the Feminist 70s” series of events.
It’s good to see that feminism can work in todays society.
Best regards
Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to come to Duke. I’m really looking forward to meet you1 (Ready Intimate Wars is one of the reasons I’m in Woman’s Studies)
Wow that’s generous 🙂
Wish I could be there
Merle Hoffman is amazing woman
Definitely one of my favorite authors! And Gosh, 1 million donated! That’s a ton.
Merle speaks passionately and articulately of her life, a mixture of what Thomas Merton’s teachings describe as an active life and a contemplative one.
I am familiar with Hoffman’s work and I’d say she’s a true pioneer and advocate for women.