Feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem will be Chatham Hall’s leader in residence for 2012.
She will visit the school Jan. 17-18 to meet with students and faculty and give a speech for the public, the school announced Thursday.
Steinem follows many other influential women as part of the Polly Wheeler Guth ‘44 Leaders in Residence Program that brings female world leaders to have work sessions with Chatham Hall students. Previous visitors include former president of Ireland Mary Robinson, former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto and animal behaviorist and environmentalist Jane Goodall.
“It is a wonderful program,” said Chatham Hall rector Gary Fountain. “She will be very interesting. We look for women who have powerful effects on others — who have had national and international effects. We look for women who have changed life for others.”
Steinem has dedicated her life on working toward gender equality and was often the face of the feminist movement in the 1970s. She founded Ms. magazine in 1972 and has written several best-selling books. She continues to work on equality awareness, not just for women, but for class and race issues in the U.S. and abroad.
Steinem’s efforts have sometimes been controversial, but that is just one of the many reasons Fountain and others believe she makes an engaging and effective person to be a part of the leaders in residence program.
During her time at Chatham Hall, students will be in several different study groups where they will research and study a particular area of Steinem’s life and work to focus on. Each group will get individual time with Steinem for questions and discussions on their topic.
Steinem will also have a private question and answer session with the Chatham Hall faculty.
She will be giving a public lecture at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 in Van Voorhis Lecture Hall.
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