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Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead - Madeleine Kunin

Date/Time:Thursday, 24 Apr 2008 at 7:30 pm
Location:Great Hall, Memorial Union
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Madeleine Kunin is a former three-term governor of Vermont and Ambassador to Switzerland. She also served as U.S. deputy secretary of education. Kunin is currently the Marsh Scholar Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont, where she lectures on history and women's studies. She is the author of Living a Political Life, The Big Green Book, and, most recently, Pearls, Politics and Power, an insider's view of the role of women in politics. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts and master's degrees in journalism from Columbia University and English literature from the University of Vermont. Mary Louise Smith 2008 Spring Chair in Women and Politics.
This lecture was taped and broadcast as part of Iowa Public Television's Intelligent Talk Television. Watch it online: click here.

Intelligent Talk Television showcases recent lectures given by guest speakers at colleges, universities, and libraries across Iowa. The collaborative effort between IPTV and participating institutions provides top-notch programs featuring experts on topics ranging from politics to science to economics for broadcast on IPTV’s digital channels and streaming on the ITTV website.

Cosponsored By:
  • Carrie Chapman Catt Center
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by GSB)