Defibrillator is proud to present
Feminism Then and Now: A Reading and Panel Discussion
18 JULY 2015 | 1-3pm
A live reading of the 1848 text The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions and the 2014 updated version Sentimental.
The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was written at the first women’s convention in Seneca Falls, New York in July of 1848. It’s a call for gender equality and a list of changes that need to take place for gender equality to take shape. Local Chicago writer, Anne Elizabeth Moore, updated the text for today’s standards in 2014. Following the reading, a panel will facilitate a discussion about feminism past, present,and future. Panelists include writer, Anne Elizabeth Moore, UIC PhD candidate Jennifer Ash, and Alice Kim, UIC, Gender and Women Studies. 
Organized by artist Carrie Ruckel, Coordinator at The Feminist Art Project Illinois Chapter and an active member of Tracers Book Club.
This is a Tracers Book Club sponsored event.
