{"id":178,"date":"2007-03-02T18:33:38","date_gmt":"2007-03-03T00:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lib-wordpress.iowa.uiowa.edu\/news\/2007\/03\/02\/defending-the-f-word-freedom\/"},"modified":"2013-02-08T09:09:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T15:09:57","slug":"defending-the-f-word-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/2007\/03\/02\/defending-the-f-word-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending the F-word: Freedom!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nadine Strossen, President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\">American Civil Liberties Union<\/a>, will present a keynote address &#8220;Defending the F-Word: Freedom!&#8221; of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uiowa.edu\/~obermann\/obscenity\/index.html\">Obscenity: An Interdisciplinary Discussion <\/a>symposium on Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Shambaugh Auditorium of the Main Library. A reception and exhibit opening, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/exhibits\/\">Making No Compromise with the Public Taste<\/a>,&#8221; will follow her remarks in the North Exhibition Hall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyls.edu\/pages\/404.asp\">Strossen <\/a>has written, lectured, and practiced extensively in the areas of constitutional law, civil liberties, and international human rights. Since 1991, she has served as president of the American Civil Liberties Union, the first woman to head the nation\u2019s largest and oldest civil liberties organization.<\/p>\n<p>The National Law Journal has twice named Professor Strossen one of \u201cThe 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.\u201d In 1996, Working Woman Magazine listed her among the \u201c350 Women Who Changed the World 1976\u20131996.\u201d In 1997, Upside Magazine included her in the \u201cElite 100: 100 Executives Leading The Digital Revolution.\u201d In 1998, Vanity Fair Magazine included Professor Strossen in \u201cAmerica\u2019s 200 Most Influential Women.\u201d In 1999, Ladies\u2019 Home Journal included her in \u201cAmerica\u2019s 100 Most Important Women.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nadine Strossen, President of the American Civil Liberties Union, will present a keynote address &#8220;Defending the F-Word: Freedom!&#8221; of the Obscenity: An Interdisciplinary Discussion symposium on Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Shambaugh Auditorium of the Main Library. A reception and exhibit opening, &#8220;Making No Compromise with the Public Taste,&#8221; will follow her remarks<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/2007\/03\/02\/defending-the-f-word-freedom\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Defending the F-word: Freedom!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2636,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/2636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}