Searching for Female Role Models? Look at U of M Program April 8
For release: Mar. 31, 2004
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Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Martha Stewart. Once icons of the mass media, they have all fallen from grace. So where do today's women look for role models?

Cynthia Runions, an instructor in the Department of Communication at the University of Memphis, will discuss some individuals who don't receive as much attention as these fallen celebrities but yet who make positive contributions to society.

Runion's program, "Grace, Glory or Glamour," will be Thursday, April 8, at 6 p.m. in the McWherter Library, Room 226. The public is invited to this free event.

The women Runions will discuss include Dr. Catherine Hamlin, who has spent nearly 50 years of her career providing free reconstructive surgery to thousands of African women and girls; Iranian filmmaker Tamineh Malini; human rights activist and 2003 Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, one of the first female judges in Iran; filmmakers Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola; and media maven Oprah Winfrey.

The program is sponsored by the University Libraries and the Friends of the Libraries. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call 678-4310 or 678-2209.

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