Ms. on Tour! The Feminist Fight Forward: Lessons from ’50 YEARS OF Ms.’

Join us in a city near you to celebrate our new anthology, 50 YEARS OF Ms., and ring in the next five decades of feminism.

50 Years of Ms. will be released on Sept. 19, 2023; you can pre-order your copy now.

We hope you’ll join us to celebrate the extraordinary new anthology 50 YEARS OF Ms.: THE BEST OF THE PATHFINDING MAGAZINE THAT IGNITED A REVOLUTION (Knopf, Sept. 19, 2023)—a collection of five decades of the magazine’s most startling, audacious and norm-breaking pieces.

In a starred review, Booklist praised it as “thoughtfully curated and zestful,” noting that Ms. “continues to lead in the long battle for gender equality, an essential element in a thriving democracy.” 

Because this book is as much a reflection of the past 50 years as it is a roadmap for the path forward, we are thrilled to leverage its release to engage in conversations with movement leaders around the country. Together we will explore what the future of feminism and its journalism demands: vision that is bold, imaginative and collaborative.

Many thanks for being a loyal Ms. reader. We hope to see you soon!

The list of events below is organized by city and region—with multiple events in some cases.

This post will be updated as we add more tour dates and streaming opportunities.

TUNE IN AT HOME

Sunday, Sept. 17: CBS SUNDAY MORNING

Don’t miss our special feature on CBS’s morning staple!

Find a way to watch here.

Tuesday, Nov. 7: 92Y NEWMARK CIVIC LIFE SERIES (virtual)

with Ms. executive director of partnerships and strategy Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, NYU Law’s Melissa Murray, Democracy Alliance president Pamela Shifman, and Gen-Z abortion rights activist Olivia Julianna.

RSVP here.

NEW YORK CITY

Monday, Sept. 18: ROOSEVELT HOUSE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE AT HUNTER COLLEGE

with former U.S. Rep Carolyn Maloney, Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar and Ms. publisher and Feminist Majority Foundation president Eleanor Smeal, ERA Coalition president Zakiya Thomas, Columbia Law School Equal Rights Project director Ting Ting Cheng, prominent journalist Carol Jenkins and Sign4ERA petition leader Bella Ramirez.

RSVP here.

Monday, Sept. 18: MCNALLY JACKSON (Seaport)

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Ms. managing editor Camille Hahn and Ms. contributors Brittney Cooper and Premilla Nadesen.

RSVP here.

Wednesday, Sept. 20: CENTER FOR BROOKLYN HISTORY, BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY

with Ms. executive director of partnerships and strategy Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Ms. Foundation chief advancement officer Ruth MacFarlane, author Irin Carmon and Girls for Gender Equity founder Joanne Smith.

RSVP here.

Monday, Dec. 4: TEMPLE EMANU-EL STREICKER CULTURAL CENTER

with Ms. executive director of partnerships and strategy Jennifer Weiss-Wolf and more speakers to come.

RSVP here.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Friday, Sept. 22: POLITICS AND PROSE BOOKSTORE

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Ms. Studios executive producer Michele Goodwin and professor and author Dorothy Roberts.

More information here.

Tuesday, Sept. 26: The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Ms. Studios executive producer Michele Goodwin, United States District Judge Ana C. Reyes, Georgetown Law professor Victoria Nourse, National Women’s Law Center director of workplace equality Gaylynn Burroughs and Bracewell LLP partner Dee Martin.

RSVP here.

AUSTIN

Friday, Sept. 22: TEXAS TRIBUNE FESTIVAL

featuring labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta in conversation with historian Douglas Brinkley.

RSVP here for the conversation. RSVP here for a book signing with Dolores.

NEW ENGLAND

Tuesday, Sept. 26: ATHENA BOOKS (Greenwich, Conn.)

with Ms. executive director of partnerships and strategy Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Ms. contributor Gina Barreca, New York Times national correspondent Kate Zernike and political advisor Jen Palmieri.

RSVP here.

Wednesday, Sept. 27: ODYSSEY BOOKSHOP (South Hadley, Mass.)

with Ms. contributing editor Carrie N. Baker and Ms. contributors Lenore Palladino and Jackson Katz.

RSVP here.

Thursday, Sept 28: SMITH COLLEGE (Northampton, Mass.)

with Ms. contributing editor Carrie N. Baker, Ms. consulting digital editor Carmen Rios and Ms. contributors Janell Hobson, Jackson Katz and Loretta J. Ross.

RSVP here.

Monday, Oct. 2: HARVARD BOOKSTORE AT CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

with Ms. contributing editor Carrie N. Baker, Ms. contributor Aziza Ahmed, Harvard Law Gender Violence Program founding director Diane Rosenfeld, MassNOW board chair Naitasia V. Hensey and actor and advocate Ashley Judd.

RSVP here.

LOS ANGELES & SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Tuesday, Oct. 3: CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE’S MARIAN MINER COOK ATHENAEUM

with Ms. executive director of partnerships and strategy Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Ms. consulting digital editor Carmen Rios, Ms. Committee of Scholars member Linda Perkins and CMC professor Diana Selig.

Registration information to come.

Thursday, Oct. 5: THE HAMMER MUSEUM

with labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, Ms. publisher and Feminist Majority Foundation president Eleanor Smeal, Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Ms. Studios executive producer Michele Goodwin and Ms. consulting digital editor Carmen Rios.

RSVP here.

Tuesday, Oct. 10: VROMAN’S BOOKSTORE

with Ms. consulting digital editor Carmen Rios, Ms. contributor Lisa Niver and Ms. Committee of Scholars member Nayereh Tohidi.

More information here.

Sunday, Oct. 29: SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER 

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Ms. Studios executive producer Michele Goodwin, labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, Ms. consulting digital editor Carmen Rios, Futures Without Violence founder and president Esta Soler, Pandia Health CEO and co-founder Sophia Yen, conceptual artist Michele Pred, NPR correspondent Renee Montagne, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, Afghan social activist Crystal Bayat Rabbi Sari Laufer and more speakers to come.

RSVP here.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 

Tuesday, Oct. 10: MRS. DALLOWAY’S BOOKSTORE (Berkeley)

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Ms. managing editor Camille Hahn and Ms. Committee of Scholars member Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez.

RSVP here.

Wednesday, Oct. 11: BOOK PASSAGE (Corte Madera)

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Ms. managing editor Camille Hahn and Ms. contributors Martha Mendoza and activist bookseller Carol Seajay.

More information here.

Monday, Nov. 27: COMMONWEALTH CLUB (San Francisco)

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Pandia Health CEO and co-founder Sophia Yen and more speakers to come.

Registration information to come.

CHICAGO

Saturday, Oct. 14: JOURNALISM & WOMEN SYMPOSIUM (JAWS) CAMP

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Ms. Studios executive producer Michele Goodwin and The 19th story editor Karen Hawkins.

RSVP here.

Tuesday, Oct. 17: WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST BOOKSTORE

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, advocate Tina Tchen and the Honorable Carol Moseley Braun.

More information here.

BALTIMORE

Thursday, Oct. 26: THE IVY BOOKSHOP

with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, Ms. contributor Jennifer Williams and Ms. Committee of Scholars member Bonnie Stabile.

Registration information to come.

ATLANTA

Thursday, Dec. 7: MARGARET MITCHELL HOUSE MUSEUM

More information to come.

Friday, Dec. 8: CHARIS BOOKS & MORE (Decatur)

More information to come.


50 YEARS OF Ms. is a remarkable collection—five decades of the magazine’s most startling, audacious, and norm-breaking pieces. Edited by Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, the book is filled with iconic covers, photos and letters to Ms., it features a foreword from Gloria Steinem, introduction by Katherine Spillar and Ms. publisher Eleanor Smeal, and contributions by bell hooks, Alice Walker, Pauli Murray, Smeal, Billie Jean King, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Allison Bechdel, Brittney Cooper, Joy Harjo, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Rita Dove and many more.

We can’t wait to share this remarkable anthology with you.

If you’re planning to order a copy, for yourself or the favorite feminist in your life, please do so today by clicking here. (One thing we’ve learned on this book journey: Pre-sales are vital for a book’s success!)

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