Women and Social
Change: A Progress Report
Ellen Goodman offers a
witty and insightful "progress" report from the turbulent
front lines of social change. From the myth of Supermom thru the myth
of Superwoman, from the halls of Congress to the privacy of the bedroom,
she talks about changing American values and analyzes what's happening
with men, women and families in today's society.
The Function
of Media in a Free Society: Is The Personal (Too) Political?
A 30-year veteran journalist,
Ellen Goodman takes us from a time when the press shielded the private
lives of an FDR and a JFK to the time when the personal has become public
with a vengeance. What do we make of cable TV food fights and scandals
of the day? Ms. Goodman argues for the importance of balancing and deepening
the media.
Sex and Sense
Ellen Goodman has long
written and talked about sex and values, about the transition from a
double standard to a single standard to no standards at all. In this
presentation, she sets down a path through the struggles of parents
and children, men and women, with a deep concern for women's reproductive
freedom. Since the terrorism attacks of September 11 and our horror
at the Taliban's hostilities toward women, these concerns take on a
special relevance and urgency.
Women and Friendship
Ellen Goodman and Patricia
O'Brien, authors of The New York Times bestseller, I Know
Just What you Mean: The Power of Friendship in Women's Lives;
have treated audiences to a lively discussion of the importance of this
under-rated relationship in women's lives. As a duet, they show as well
as describe this connection.
Universal Truths from a Pulitzer Prize Winner
Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Goodman, is one of those rare writers and thinkers who senses emerging shifts in our public and private lives and alters perceptions of confounding issues. “She takes current events and sees their universal truths,” says the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. She has been an innovative force in American journalism who once said, “I think readers need to be less alienated from editorial pages” and made them so by expanding the debate on op-ed pages. Ms. Goodman has commented on the tumult of social change and its impact on families, and shattered the mold of men writing exclusively about politics. She is widely acclaimed as a voice of sanity, and readers depend on her to help them make sense of their changing lives and relationships.
Ellen Goodman’s first job was at Newsweek as a researcher, at a time when only men became writers. She landed a job as a reporter for the Detroit Free Press in 1965 and, in 1967, for The Boston Globe where she began writing her column. Her column was syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group beginning in 1976.
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