Founding Webgrrls Aliza Sherman November 16, 1996 – San Francisco Webgrrls Well, I’m kind of coming down with laryngitis, but I’ll be taking lots of sips of water and have lots of cough drops in my mouth. This is not my real voice. Anyway…...
Science Journalism: Informing and Connecting Deborah Blum May 14, 1998 – US House of Representatives, Washington DC Last year, when I was a science writer at The Sacramento Bee, in California, I wrote a series of stories about Comet Hale-Bopp, what it...
Through Women’s Eyes Robin Abrams August 31, 1995 – UN/NGO Forum on Women, Beijing, China It’s a great honor to be here in Beijing on the occasion of the Fourth World Conference on Women. I’d like to thank Irene Santiago, Executive of the NGO...
I Live Where Men are Lynched Moranda Smith 1947 – Congress of Industrial Organizations Annual Convention, Boston MA I work for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston Salem, North Carolina. I want to say a few words on this resolution for the reason...
Only in Comedy Tina Fey November 9, 2010 – Mark Twain Prize, Kennedy Center, Washington DC Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you all for dressing up. God. Listening to all of these speeches and performances for the last two hours, I cannot help but...
Some Thoughts about Art, America & Jumping off the Cliff Meredith Monk April 1990, US Congress, Washington DC When I began writing this article there was talk of a strong lobby of members of Congress who wanted to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts...
