Past Speakers

Speakers and Themes

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1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

1966 "The Education of Women for Social and Political Leadership"
- Mary I. Bunting - President, Radcliffe College
- Carl N. Degler - Professor of History, Vassar College
- Viola H. Hymes - Chairman, The Governor's Commission on the Status of
    Women, State of Minnesota
- Helen V. McLean - Psychiatrist, The Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, IL
- The Honorable Marietta Tree - former U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations

1967 "This Generation - The Hinge of History"
- Harrison Scott Brown - Professor of Geochemistry, The California Institute of
    Technology
- Katie Loucheim - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and
    Cultural Affairs
- Barbara Ward - British Economist and Author

1968 "Crisis Time: Are You Listening - What Do You Hear?"
- Dorothy Height - National President, The National Council of Negro Women
- Daniel Lerner - Ford Professor of Sociology and International Communications,
    MIT
- Elspeth Rostow - Associate Professor of American Studies, The School of
    International Service, The American University

1969 "Willing to Risk - Students in Ferment"
- Jacqueline Grennan - President, Webster College
- Seymour M. Lipset - Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

1970 "On the Eve of Becoming - Sex, Science and Woman's Role"
- Rita E. Hauser - U.S. Representative to the United Nations Commission on
    Human Rights
- Margaret Mead - Anthropologist
- Albert Rosenfield - Managing Editor, Family Health Magazine

1971 "The Political Process: A Multiple Choice"
- Ramsey Clark - Former U.S. Attorney General
- Marian D. Irish - Charles O. Lerche Professor of International Relations,
    American University, Washington, D.C.
- Patience Latting - Mayor, Oklahoma City, OK

1972 "Coping with the Future: Kaleidoscope of Change"
- Elisabeth Mann Borgese - Author and Senior Fellow, The Center for the Study
    of Democratic Institutions
- Michael Mahoney - Department of Psychology, Stanford University
- The Honorable Patsy Mink - Representative to U.S. Congress from the Second
    Congressional District of Hawaii
- Joy Williams Moore - Department of Psychology, University of California at
    Berkeley
- Marlene Sanders - ABC-TV News Correspondent

1973 "When All the Myths are Gone...Women's Roles in Contemporary Society"
- David Alvirez - University of New Mexico
- Harriet Harvey Coffin - Free lance writer and visiting lecturer in Creative Writing,
    Yale University
- The Reverend William Sloane Coffin - University Chaplain and Pastor of The
    Church of Christ, Yale University
- Eleanor Holmes Norton - Chairman, New York City Commission of Human
    Rights
- Susan Sontag - Author and Critic

1974 "Can We Be Human Together?"
- Shana Alexander - Columnist, Newsweek
- Lupe Anguiano - Directress, Southwest Regional Office for the Spanish Speaking,
    San Antonio
- Marion Corwell - Technical and Production Information, Ford Motor Company
- Cynthia Fuchs Epstein - Associate Professor of Sociology, Queens College of the
    City University of New York
- Warren Farrell - Coordinator, Masculine Mystique Task Force, National Organization
    for Women

1975 "Toward a Balance of Power"
- Caroline Bird - Author
- The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke - U.S. House of Representatives
- Amitai W. Etzioni - Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Director
    of the Center for Policy Research

1976 "The Politics in Work: Values, Skills and Decisions"
- Warren G. Bennis - President, University of Cincinnati
- The Honorable Mary Anne Krupsak - Lieutenant Governor, New York
- Phyllis A. Wallace - Professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT

1977 "Images for the Future: Institutions, the Individual and Power"
- Marcia Ann Gillespie - Editor, Essence Magazine
- Alvin Toffler - Author, Future Shock
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler - President, Hunter College

1978 "America's Families: Change and Challenge"
- Nancy Barrett - Research Director for Women and the Family, Urban Institute,
    Washington, D.C.
- Bruno Bettelheim - Psychologist and author
- Loretta Long - Actress and educator

1979 "What Will We Leave to the Children? A Challenge to Personal Involvement"
- John Kenneth Galbraith - Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus,
    Harvard University, Journalist and author
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter - Formerly Professor of Sociology and Administrative
    Sciences, Yale University
- Ida Lewis - Publisher, Encore Magazine

1980 "Who's Running the Country?"
- Martha Griffiths - Former Congresswoman from Michigan
- David Halberstam - Journalist/Author
- Nancy Hicks - President, Institute for Journalism Education

1981 "Risking Partnership: Women and Men Face the '80s"
- Caroline Bird - Author/Journalist
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke - Former Congresswoman from California
- Ellen Goodman - Syndicated Columnist and Author

1982 "To Live Equally: Issues and Strategies"
- Francine and Douglas Hall - Management Consultants
- Nannerl Keohane - President, Wellesley College
- Eleanor Holmes Norton - Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
    1977-1981

1983 "Choices, Values and Struggles: A Changing Dream?"
- Coretta Scott King - Civil Right Leader
- Mary Metz - President, Mills College
- Richard Reeves - Author of American Journey, Syndicated Columnist

1984 "The Politics of Power and Conscience"
- Marlene Johnson - Lieutenant Governor, Minnesota
- Ruth Love - Superintendent, Chicago School District
- Jody Powell - Political Analyst, ABC Television Network

1985 "Shaping America: The Forces and Counterforces of Change"
- Anne Armstrong - Former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault - Reporter and TV Correspondent
- Lester Thurow - Author and Professor of Economics

1986 "Negotiating Tomorrow: Decisions for your Future"
- Yvonne Brathwaite Burke - Former member, U.S. House of Representatives
- Roger Fisher - Director, Harvard Negotiation Project
- Gail Sheehy - Author

1987 "Leadership: Strategies for the Future"
- Maya Angelou - Television producer, Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird
    Sings
- Carol Bellamy - Former President, New York City Council
- David Broder - Syndicated Columnist

1988 "An American Revolution: Conflict, Change & Commitment"
- Johnnetta B. Cole - President, Spelman College
- Georgie Anne Geyer - International Correspondent and Author
- William Schneider - Political Analyst; Resident Fellow, American Enterprise
    Institute for Public Policy

1989 "Pathways to the Future"
- Daniel Bell - Sociologist and Futurist; Harvard University
- Mary Catherine Bateson - Anthropologist; President, Institute for Intercultural
    Studies
- Paula Giddings - Journalist; Contributing and Book Review Editor Essence
    Magazine

1990 "Reflections: Past, Present and Future"
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, Author
- Kendall Hailey, Author, Actress
- Patricia Diaz Dennis - Attorney, Former Member, Federal Communications
    Commission
- Cokie Boggs Roberts - ABC News Correspondent
- Steven Roberts - U.S. News & World Report
- Gloria Randle Scott - President, Bennett College
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler - President, National Conferences of Christians and
     Jews

1991 "Can We Be Human Together?"
- Sally Helgesen - Author, The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership
- Michael S. Kimmel - Professor of Sociology, State University of New York
- Madeleine M. Kunin - Former Governor of Vermont
- Helen Moye - Director of Personnel, General Motors Corporations, Detroit and
    New York Offices

1992 "Bridging the Gaps"
- Gwendolyn Calvert Baker - National Executive Director, YWCA of the USA
- Richard Reeves - Author, Syndicated Columnist
- Linda Wertheimer - National Public Radio, Host "All Things Considered"

1993 "The Personal is Political - Leadership, Challenge & Change"
- Judy B. Rosener - Graduate School of Management, University of California,
    Irvine
- Mable Thomas - Former member, Georgia State House of Representatives
- Kathleen Kennedy Townsend - Director, Maryland Student Service Alliance,
    Maryland State Department of Education

1994 "Women's Voices for a New Global Agenda"
- Deborah Prothrow-Stith - Assistant Dean for Government and Community
    Programs, Harvard University School of Public Health
- Shirley Hill Witt - Former First Secretary to the Embassy, Mogadishu, Somalia
- Robin Wright - Foreign Correspondent, The Los Angeles Times

1995 "Rights & Responsibilities: Striking A Balance"
- Claudine Schneider - Former U. S. Representative; Executive producer PBS
    series Alive & Well
- Nadine Strossen - Professor of Law, New York Law School; President, American
    Civil Liberties Union
- The Reverend Sandra Wilson - Rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Denver,
    Colorado

1996 "Lifting As We Climb"
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - First Lady of the United States; Attorney
- Stephanie Coontz - Social Historian; Author
- The Honorable Senfronia Thompson - Texas State House of Representatives
- Sara Martinez Tucker - Former National VP, Global Business Systems, AT&T
- Helen Zia - Contributing editor Ms. magazine

1997 "Mapping the Future:  In Search of Balance"
- Amy Berstein - Senior Editor, U.S. News & World Report
- Cecilia Conrad - Professor of Economics, Pomona College
- Julie England - Vice President, Quality Semiconductor Group, Texas Instruments
- Naomi Wolf - Author, The Beauty Myth and Fire with Fire:  The New Female Power
    and How it Will Change the 21st Century

1998 "Voices of the World: Turning Words into Action"
- Dr. Alondra Oubre - Medical Anthropologist; author, Instinct and Revelation: Reflections
    on the Origins of Numinous Perception
- Swanee Hunt - U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 1994 - 1997
- Kerry Kennedy Cuomo - Founder, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights
- Kazuyo Kay Sekio, Ph.D. - Consultant and Former Japanese Diplomat

1999 "Balanced Lives:  Constructing a Vision"
- Dr. Mary Catherine Bateson - Anthropologist; professor, George Mason University;
    and author, Composing a Life
- Dr. Judy Jolley Mohraz - President, Goucher College
- Christy Haubegger - Founder and publisher of Latina; profiled as "Most Inspirational
    Women of the Year" by NBC

2000 "Leadership as a Legacy: Learning from the Past, Shaping the Future"
- Patricia Ireland - President, National Organization for Women
- Cathy Bonner - President of the Board, The Women's Museum: An Institute for the
    Future
- Wilma Mankiller - Former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

2001 "Thinking Outside the Box: Reshaping the World as Agents of Change"
- Faye Wattleton - President of the Center for Gender Equality
- Donna Shirley - Assistant Dean of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma and
    former manager of NASA's Mars Exploration Program
- Suzan Harjo - President and Executive Director of The Morning Start Institute

2002 "The Quest for Success: Discovering Personal & Professional Empowerment"
- Diana S. Natalicio - President of The University of Texas at El Paso
- Cheryl Mills, Senior Vice President for Corporate Policy and Public Programming,
    Oxygen Media
- Ellen Bravo, National Co-Director of 9to5, National Association of Working Women

2003 "Listen...Learn...Lead: Laying the Foundation for Change"
- Julianne Malveaux - President and CEO of Last Word Productions, Inc.

2004 "Turning the Tide: The Power of One to Initiate Change"
- Jackson Katz - Founder of MVP Strategies for gender violence prevention.
- Angela Oh - Attorney, author, ordained Priest of Zen Buddhist-Rinzai Sect, appointee
    to President Clinton's Commission on Race Relations.
- Ellen Ruppel Shell - Co-Director of the Knight Center for Science and Medical
     Journalism at Boston University

2005 "Are We There Yet? 40 Years on the Road to Full Participation"
- Patrice Gaines - Author of Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to Woman
    of Color
- Juliet Garcia - President of the University of Texas-Brownsville
- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - United States Senator
- Helen LaKelly Hunt - Philanthropist and author of Faith and Feminism:
    A Holy Alliance

2006 "Having It All - Our Families and Our Future"
- Ann Critteneden - Author of The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued

2007 "A Collective Purpose-Crossing the Cultural Boundaries"
- Asma Barlas - Professor of Politics and Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity at the Ithaca College, New York

2008 "The Time is Now!"
- Eleanor Clift - Contributing editor to Newsweek magazine and author of Madam President: Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling

2009 "Women and The Monetary Truth"
- Glinda Bridgforth - Financial expert and author of Girl, Get Your Money Straight!

2010 "Answers Empower: You Can Ask the Questions!"
- Dr. Laura Berman - Author of Real Sex for Real Women and a columnist for the Chicago-Sun Times

2011 "Happiness is..."
- Julie Powell - Author of "Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously" and "Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat and Obsession"