“Some Leaders Are Born Women!”
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- Event posted: Jan. 10, 2012
- Last updated: Jan. 11, 2012
Event details
- Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
- Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
- Cost: Free
- Age limit: All ages
This Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Women’s Leadership Lecture is presented by the Hall Center for the Humanities. Sarah Weddington is an attorney, lecturer, and public leader most famous for her role as one of Jane Roe’s defense attorneys in Roe Vs. Wade, the controversial 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion rights. Defending this landmark decision at only 26, Weddington is the youngest attorney to have won a Supreme Court case. She is well-known for her ongoing work—as an attorney, legislator, Presidential advisor, and professor—on issues affecting women. She is the author of the bestseller, A Question of Choice, a memoir of her experience arguing the Roe v. Wade case. She holds several honorary doctorates and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood, the National Public Health Hero Award, and the International Athena Award. In 1999, she was honored as a "Texas Woman of the Century" by the Women's Chamber of Commerce of Texas.
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