Apr 6, 4:30 PM: Esther Newton, "How a Chicago Grad Student Survived the Closet: ...

2016 Distinguished Alumni Lecture Esther Newton, AM ’66, PhD ’68 "How a Chicago Grad Student Survived the Closet: 1962-1968" from her forthcoming memoir, "My Butch Career: A Queer Life in Anthropology" (New York: St. Martin's Press). Esther Newton is Term Professor of American Culture and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. She is also Professor of Anthropology and Kempner Distinguished Professor Emerita at Purchase College, SUNY. She was a founder of the Lesbian and Gay Studies Program at Purchase College, the author of numerous articles and of "Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America"; "Cherry Grove, Fire Island: 60 Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town" and "Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas." The last two won the Ruth Benedict Award of the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists of the American Anthropological Association. Her next project is a memoir, "My Butch Career."

Date: April 6, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

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