Center of Women, Gender & Sexuality's 55th Anniversary Gala Celebration
Join us on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 for a celebration honoring the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality’s 55-year commitment to advocacy and creating an inclusive campus community, featuring Jean Kilbourne—an internationally recognized pioneer in examining the image of women in advertising and a 2015 National Women’s Hall of Fame inductee.
A cocktail reception followed by dinner and keynote address by Jean Kilbourne on the significance of women trailblazers and the importance of recognizing women's contributions throughout history. This is a ticketed event. See webpage for more information.
About Jean Kilbourne
Jean Kilbourne is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising and for her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising. In the late 1960s, she began her exploration of the connection between advertising and several public health issues, including violence against women, eating disorders, and addiction, and launched a movement to promote media literacy to prevent these problems. She is president of the National Women's Hall of Fame and was inducted in 2015. Her documentary series, Killing Us Softly, explores the gender stereotypes in advertising, and is one of the most popular educational films of all time.
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