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| Gendercrossing Author Deirdre
McCloskey to Speak in Boulder Nov. 15 |
Contact: Margaret Katz, (303)
442-0436
Sept. 12, 2002
Gendercrossing author Deirdre McCloskey, a distinguished
professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will
speak on "Deirdre After Crossing: The Normal Life
of a Former Guy" at a benefit for The Open Door Fund
in Boulder on Nov. 15.
McCloskey will speak at the seventh annual Monsoon dinner
and auction to be held at the Spice of Life Event Center,
5706 Arapahoe Road. A cash bar and a silent auction begin
at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m.
Proceeds will go to The Open Door Fund, a permanent endowment
of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, to
benefit the county's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
community and its allies.
Until 1995 McCloskey was "Donald." A Harvard
graduate -- she wishes it was Radcliffe -- she was tenured
in economics and history at the University of Chicago,
and taught for 19 years at the University of Iowa. She
is now a University of Illinois at Chicago Distinguished
Professor of Economics, History and English.
McCloskey has written a dozen books and about 200 articles
on economics, history, philosophy, statistical theory,
literary criticism, and gender studies. Her book "Crossing"
was a New York Times Notable Book in 1999. She describes
herself as a postmodern, quantitative, free-market, feminist,
Episcopalian, Midwestern, gendercrossing, literary woman.
The Open Door Fund is Boulder County's largest funder
of GLBT needs. Recipients of Open Door Fund grants have
included the Boulder Valley Safe Schools Coalition; OASOS;
Teens Inc.; Boulder County Aging Services Foundation;
Boulder Valley Women's Health Clinic; Boulder County Safehouse;
Boulder Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; the CU-Boulder
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center; and
the Boulder and Longmont chapters of Parents, Families
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
Tickets are $85 per person and are partially tax-deductible.
For reservations or information call The Community Foundation
Serving Boulder County at (303) 442-0436, e-mail info@commfound.org
or visit www.commfound.org/opendoor.html.
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