Conversations examine life of first lady

his year, the Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Susan B. Anthony Conversations on Contemporary Issues will explore "The First Lady as First Person: Can She Get a Life?" The annual public forum, sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership, will be held on Thursday, October 26, at the Memorial Art Gallery.

"This year's Conversations will look at how presidents' wives have been defined and circumscribed by their relationships to their powerful husbands," said Nora Bredes, director of the Anthony Center.

The Conversations forum will feature a discussion by a group of nationally known experts who have widely studied and written about the public demands and private costs exacted from the women who have filled the role of first lady. Panel participants are Barbara Burrell, associate director of the Public Opinion Laboratory at Northern Illinois University; Betty Boyd Caroli, professor at the City University of New York; and Robin Tolmach Lakoff, professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley.

The public forum also will include presentation of the Anthony Center's Valued Colleague Award, given to a woman or a man who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the work of the center.

The evening begins with a reception at 5:30 p.m.; the panel discussion starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission to the reception is $40 per person or $75 per couple. Coffee and dessert will be offered after the Conversations. Admission to the Conversations and coffee and dessert are free.

In addition, there will be a "Further Conversations Breakfast" with the panelists on Friday, October 27, at 8 a.m. at the Bagel Bin in Brighton. Breakfast admission is $50 per person.

Reservations for all events are required.

For additional information and reservations call the Anthony Center, x5-8799.

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