Judith Brown Commemorative Thursday, August 26:

Women’s Liberation in Gainesville:
Building on What’s Been Won by Knowing What’s Been Done*

Thurs., August 26, 2010, 6:30 to 8:15 p.m.

Atrium at Ustler Hall (on Fletcher Dr/19th St & East-West Rd)
Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research
University of Florida Campus

Join us to learn about Gainesville’s critical role in the Women’s Liberation Movement that put male chauvinists on the run in the 1960’s and how to get involved in the fight today. This event commemorates the life and work of Judith Brown (1941-1991), co-founder of Gainesville Women’s Liberation and civil rights organizer.

Featured Speaker: CAROL GIARDINA

▪ Activist- Scholar
▪ UF Campus activist who gave abortion referrals in
Reid Hall
▪ 1968 co-founder of Gainesville Women’s Liberation
and organizer with Redstockings
▪ Author of Freedom for Women: Forging the Women’s
Liberation Movement, 1953-1970 (University Press of Florida: 2010)
▪ Professor at Queens College (NY)