Session Details

Wednesday, 29 December

597. Aging, Death, and Feminism

7:15–8:30 p.m., Liberty Ballroom Salon C, Philadelphia Marriott

A workshop arranged in conjunction with the forum Feminist Activism inside and outside the Academy: The Legacy of Carolyn Heilbrun (23)

Presiding: Nancy K. Miller, Graduate Center, City Univ. of New York

1. “‘The Supple Suitor’: Death, Women, Feminism, and Assisted Suicide,” Sandra Mortola Gilbert, Univ. of California, Davis

2. “Death Unmanned,” Gail Holst-Warhaft, Cornell Univ.

3. “Performing Age,” Kathleen M. Woodward, Univ. of Washington, Seattle

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