>>> Mary Lyon Lecture Series speaker Nadine Strossen has twice been
included in the National Law Journal's "one hundred most influential
lawyers in America" list, and was named by Working Woman magazine
as one of the 350 women who changed the world between 1976 and
1996.
Strossen is a professor of law at New York Law School and has written, lectured, and practiced extensively in the areas of constitutional law, civil liberties, and international human rights. In 1991 she was elected president of the ACLU, making her the first woman to head the nation's largest and oldest organization fighting for the right of all individuals to express their views.
Strossen's writings have appeared in more than one hundred publications, including law reviews, magazines, and newspapers. Her book Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights was named a Notable Book of 1995 by the New York Times Book Review. In it, she argues that censorship--rather than pornography-- is the real enemy of women's equality and says that free speech and women's rights are compatible. Strossen is also the coauthor of Speaking of Race, Speaking of Sex: Hate Speech, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Since July 1996 she has been a contributing editor of Intellectual Capital, a Web-based magazine (www.intellectualcapital.com) for which she writes a monthly column.
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