Gail Collins
- Women’s Historian
- New York Times Op Ed Columnist
- First Female Head of New York Times Editorial Board
- Stephens College
- Omega Institute's Women & Power 2010: Our Time to Lead Conference
- Fairfield County Community Foundation
"Gail Collins was a wonderful speaker and right on target for a small women’s college commencement. I enjoyed meeting her and hearing her speak. "
-Stephens College"They were both FANTASTIC!!! Highlights of the event. "
-Omega Institute's Women & Power 2010: Our Time to Lead conference (Joint appearance with Dr. Mae Jemison)
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women
In this speech Collins champions American women. With a gift for story telling, Collins tells of the icons and the ordinary as she examines the struggles and successes women have achieved. From the time the first colonists arrived on our shores to the open sexism of the 1960’s “Mad Men” to Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President, Collins, with a clear eye and candid style, tells the story of all American Women in the battle for parity. Amazingly , for centuries this battle was incredibly unsuccessful until the last fifty years, when almost in a heartbeat all the established preconceptions of women as being inferior to men intellectually and physically came crashing down. How we got from there to here and why it happened, historically speaking, so fast is an enlightening and fascinating journey which resonates with all audiences.
Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Scandal and American Politics
In this speech Collins destroys the image we have that we are living in the most scandalous and screechiest era in American history. Going back to several other periods, Collins lays out the often outrageous and always colorful tempests that have surrounded certain major political figure and explains how telling and meaningful political gossip is and what it says about the anxieties of the age.
