CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS TO DISCUSS GENDER STUDIES
DURING APRIL 18th LECTURE AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Cambridge, MA - April 11, 2001 - The Harvard Law School Alliance of Independent Feminists will host a presentation by Ms. Christina Hoff Sommers on Wednesday, April 18, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. in the Langdell South classroom at the Harvard Law School. Ms. Sommers will address "Gender Studies: Legitimate Academic Discipline or Political Agenda?" The event is free and open to the public.
Ms. Sommers, the W.H. Brady Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of Who Stole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women and The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men, as well as a textbook of moral philosophy called Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life. Known for her writings on moral education in the schools and feminism and American culture, Ms. Sommers has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, the National Review, the New Republic, the Weekly Standard, Chicago Tribune, and Times Literary Supplement.
In addition, Ms. Sommers is frequently asked to comment on gender bias in the schools, as well as on feminism, and she has appeared on Nightline, ABC Evening News, CBS Evening News, Crossfire, Eye To Eye, 20/20, Inside Politics, Equal Time, Politically Incorrect and the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Ms. Sommers earned a B.A. from New York University, from which she graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1971, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brandeis University in 1979. Since 1980, Ms. Sommers has been a professor of philosophy at Clark University, specializing in ethics and contemporary moral theory.
The Alliance of Independent Feminists (AIF) is a Harvard Law School organization founded in 2000 to promote discussion of all issues affecting women. The group challenges the notion that there is a universal women's opinion and encourages the exploration of views alternative to those of traditional feminist ideology. The AIF is not affiliated with any political party and its members' views span the ideological spectrum. To learn more about the organization, visit www.law.harvard.edu/studorgs/aif.
The generous sponsorship of the Independent Women's Forum, the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the Young America's Foundation, as well as the co-sponsorship of the Harvard Law School Women's Law Association, has helped make this event possible.
AIF Contacts:
Cameron Tims, Publicity Chairman
(617) 491-3612
ctims@law.harvard.edu
Christi Williams, President
(617) 491-9533
cwilliam@law.harvard.edu
