Estrich next speaker in President’s series

Estrich
next speaker in President’s series
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The 2001-2002
President’s Lecture Series will continue Nov. 27 with
a talk by University of Southern California law professor
Susan Estrich.

Her lecture,
titled “How Feminism Has Changed Everything and Nothing,”
will be held at 8 p.m. in the Grand Hall, Rice Memorial
Center. Seating will begin at 7 p.m. The lecture originally
was to be held Sept. 12 but was postponed due to the terrorist
attacks.

Estrich paved
the way for countless women to attain positions of leadership.
She was the first woman to serve as president of the Harvard
Law Review, and in 1988 she became the first woman to head
a national presidential campaign, for the Dukakis-Bentsen
ticket. Estrich has worked on many political campaigns,
including the Edward Kennedy presidential campaign in 1980
and as senior policy adviser for the Mondale-Ferraro campaign
in 1984.

Estrich is an
established author and contributing editor of the Los Angeles
Times. Her nationally syndicated column appears weekly in
such publications as the Washington Post, the Boston Herald
and the Houston Chronicle. Her body of work consists of
“Getting Away with Murder: How Politics Is Destroying
the Criminal Justice System,” “Making the Case
for Yourself: A Diet Book for Smart Women,” “Real
Rape” and the recently released “Sex & Power,”
which earned a listing on the Los Angeles Times’ bestseller
list in March.

A renowned orator,
Estrich was one of three plenary speakers at the Law School
Admission Council’s annual meeting and educational
conference, where she discussed women and the legal profession.
She also spoke at the Dallas Women’s Museum, the 92nd
Street YMCA in New York City and at a conference on economic
development in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

The lecture
series, open to the Rice and Houston communities, embodies
William Marsh Rice’s commitment to contribute educational
opportunity to the broader society. The Office of the President
is the sponsor of this series that brings stimulating speakers
who foster understanding about a wide range of topics in
the sciences, humanities, engineering, social sciences,
architecture, music and public policy.