“Women Need Jobs, Not Cuts”

Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, discusses why proposed cuts in Social Security, Medicare and family planning are disproportionately unfair to women.

O’Neill (L’80) is a feminist attorney, professor, activist for social justice, and president of the National Organization for Women since 2009.

She taught at Tulane University and at the University of California at Davis, where her courses included feminist legal theory, international women’s rights law, corporate law and legal ethics.

A skilled political organizer, O’Neill worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and the campaign leading to the election of Louisiana’s first woman U.S. senator, Mary Landrieu. She has also worked to elect women’s rights supporters to judgeships and to the Louisiana state legislature.

A reception will follow.