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Charlotte Ann Bunch
An Influential Woman in History
Introduction
• My Name is Kayla.
• I am a Criminal Justice Major and Sociology Minor.
• I will be done at MSUM after this summer.
• I love my Puppy. Her name is 8-Ball.
Charlotte Ann Bunch
• Born in 1944
• Inducted in 1996
• 1966 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Duke University
• Distinguished Professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Rutgers University.
What Did Charlotte Do?
• Most known for:• Advocating international attention to
women’s issues• Including gender and sexual orientation
on the global human rights agenda• Her writings• Being a lesbian activist and lecturer• Women’s liberation and women’s rights
Her Works
• 1970- The New Women: A Motive Anthology on Women’s Liberation
• 1974- Quest: A Feminist Journal; Class and Feminism; Women Remembered: Short Biographies of Women in History
• 1975- Lesbianism and the Women’s Movement
• 1981- Building Feminist Theory: Essays from Quest
Her Works Continued
• 1983- Learning Our Way: Essays in Feminist Education
• 1984- International Feminism: Networking Against Female Sexual Slavery
• 1987- Passionate Politics: feminist Theory in Action
• 1994- Demanding Accountability: The Global Campaign and Vienna Tribunal Women’s Human Rights
Service
• Advisory Committee for the Human Rights Watch Women’s Rights Division.
• Board of the International Council on Human Rights Policy.
• Advisory Council for the Ethical Globalization Initiative.
• Served as consultant to numerous groups, including several United Nations groups.
Awards and Recognition
• National Women’s Hall of Fame – Oct 1996
• Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights – Dec 1999
• “Women Who Make a Difference Award” from the National Council for Research on Women in 2000
• Women’s Enews honored her as one of the “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” - 2002
Random Fact
• Charlotte and my Grandma were born the same year!
References
• http://www.depts.drew.edu/wmst/corecourses/wmst111/timeline_bios/CBunch.htm
• http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=30
• http://www.queertheory.com/histories/b/bunch_charlotte.htm