Hillary Clinton, Lesley Stahl To Kick Off Two-Day 'Women In Politics' Conference At Furman
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Women in Politics Conference
October 6-7
A Conversation with Hillary Clinton and Lesley Stahl
Cost: $50 per person
For tickets contact the Peace Center box office at 864-467-3000.
All other events will be located on the Furman campus and will be free of charge. | GREENVILLE, S.C. - U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), broadcast journalist Lesley Stahl and Children's Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman will headline a major conference at Furman University Oct. 6-7 that will examine the role of women in politics.
The two-day conference, "Women and Politics: Transforming Public Leadership," will begin Monday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. with a program featuring Sen. Clinton, the former First Lady, and Stahl, co-editor and correspondent for the CBS News program "60 Minutes."
The conference will continue on Tuesday, Oct. 7 with four daylong roundtable discussions and a closing 8 p.m. address by Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund.
"Women and Politics: Transforming Public Leadership," is the second annual national conference sponsored by the university's Richard W. Riley Institute of Government, Politics and Public Leadership.
The Monday night program, "A Conversation with Hillary Clinton and Lesley Stahl," will begin at 8 p.m. at the Peace Center in downtown Greenville.Tickets are $50 and can be purchased in advance by calling;the Peace Center box office at 864-467-3000 or visiting the Peace Center website at http://www.peacecenter.org.Information about Greenville hotels, restaurants, etc., can also be accessed at http://www.greatergreenville.com/visitors/cvb.asp.
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| Furman president David E. Shi unveiled the particulars of the "Women in Politics" conference at an on-campus news conference Thursday.The two-day program, which will feature Hillary Clinton, Lesley Stahl and Marian Wright Edelman, will take place Oct. 6-7. | Edelman will speak on "Women and Politics at the Grass Roots: A View from the Inside" at 8 p.m. Tuesday in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman campus.That lecture is free, as are all of the programs on Tuesday.
The roundtable discussions will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning and address such subjects as "Women, Politics and the Media," "Women and Politics in South Carolina" and "The Future of Women in Politics."Women participating in the Tuesday discussions include Carol Rasco, former White House Domestic Policy Council ChairJenna Dorn, Federal Transportation administratorLiz Patterson, former member of the U.S. House of RepresentativesJenny Sanford, campaign manager for and wife of Governor Mark SanfordGilda Cobb-Hunter, a member of the South Carolina House of Representativesand Inez Tenenbaum, South Carolina State Superintendent of Education and candidate for the U.S. Senate.
For more information, contact Furman's News and Media Relations office at 864-294-3107.
Women and Politics:Transforming Public Leadership
Monday, Oct. 6
8 p.m."A Conversation with Hillary Clinton and Lesley Stahl"
Peace Center
U.S. Senator Hillary ClintonLeslie Stahl, CBS News
Tuesday, Oct. 7
10-11:30 a.m."Women, Politics and the Media"
Daniel Recital Hall
Roundtable Leader:;Danielle Vinson, Associate Professor of Political Science,;Furman University
Participants:;;Beth Padgett, The Greenville NewsNina Brook, The StateFannie Flono, The Charlotte ObserverLea Donosky, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1:30-3:45 p.m.;;"Women and Politics in South Carolina"
Daniel Recital Hall
Roundtable Leader:;Marian Strobel, Professor of History, Furman University
Participants:;;Harriet Keyserling, former member, S.C. House of;RepresentativesPansy Ridgeway, former mayor of Manning, S.C.Liz Patterson, former member, U.S. House of RepresentativesSarah Manly, former member, S.C. House of Representatives
Break: 15 Minutes
"South Carolina Today"
Daniel Recital Hall
Roundtable Leader:;Beth Traxler, ETV HOST
Participants:;Jenny Sanford, Campaign Manager for Governor Mark SanfordLisa Van Riper, Former Executive Director, Putting Families First FoundationLaura Wolliver, Women's Studies Program, University of South CarolinaGilda Cobb-Hunter, Member of S.C. House of Representatives
4-5:30 p.m.;"The Future of Women in Politics"
Daniel Recital Hall
Roundtable Leader:;Linda Lader, Founder, Renaissance Weekend
Participants:;Jenna Dorn, Administrator, Federal Transit;Administrationm DOTCarol Rasco, Former White House Domestic Policy Council ChairDeedee Corradini, Former mayor of Salt Lake City, UtahInez Tenenbaum, S.C. State Superintendent of Education;
8-9 p.m."Women and Politics at the Grass Roots:
A View from the Inside"
McAlister Auditorium
Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President, Children's ;Defense Fund
BIO INFORMATION ON MAIN SPEAKERS
Hillary Clinton
http://clinton.senate.gov/about_hrc.html
Marian Wright Edelman
http://www.childrensdefense.org/marian.htm;
Lesley Stahl
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/09/60minutes/main13546.shtml
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