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Charlotte Ann Bunch An Influential Woman in History

Charlotte Ann Bunch

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Page 1: Charlotte Ann Bunch

Charlotte Ann Bunch

An Influential Woman in History

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Random Fact

• Charlotte and my Grandma were born the same year!