The Women’s Place

The Barbara K. Fergus Women in Leadership Lecture Series

Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. A graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, Edelman was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar and directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi.
Date
November 14, 2017
Time
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location
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Cost
$5 for OSU Students, $20 for non-OSU Students
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She has received over one-hundred honorary degrees and many prestigious awards, including the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, the Heinz Award, a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement.

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Speakers

Marian Wright Edelman
Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund

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