6.00pm Party begins

6.30pm Guided Women’s History Walking Tour, with co-creator Betsy Wade ($15 suggested donation, requires pre-registering.)

7.30pm Barbara Berg, author of Sexism In America, will read from the book, followed by Q&A

The news in 2008 was that women had taken huge strides forward. Feminists’ decades-long struggle finally seemed to be paying off, not only in boardrooms, classrooms, and kitchens but also at the very top—in presidential politics. But what is the truth behind the headlines?

In Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future, renowned feminist author Barbara J. Berg debunks the many myths about how far women have come and the pervasive belief that ours is a postfeminist society.

Berg traces the assault on women’s status from the 1950s—when Newsweek declared “for the American girl, books and babies don’t mix”—to the present, exploring the deception about women’s progress and contextualizing our current situation.

Copies of Sexism In America: Alive, Well And Ruining Our Future will be available to buy at the party or online at our Powell’s Bookstore page http://bit.ly/s5uOk

Location: WeNews office

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