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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, Sept. 27: ODYSSEY BOOKSHOP (South Hadley, Mass.)
with Ms. contributing editor Carrie N. Baker and Ms. contributors Lenore Palladino and Jackson Katz.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, Oct. 17: WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST BOOKSTORE
with Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar, advocate Tina Tchen and the Honorable Carol Moseley Braun.
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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