Lynn Sherr

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Lynn Sherr
George Foster Peabody Award

Lynn Sherr (born March 4, 1942) is an American

20/20
.

Life

Sherr was born in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Lower Merion High School in Ardmore. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College
.

She was a freelance host at

She received a 1994

anorexia
.

Feminism

Sherr is a

Planned Parenthood Federation of America's (PPFA) Margaret Sanger Award (known as the "Maggie"), which is awarded to journalists for "exceptional coverage of reproductive rights and health care issues" in the view of PPFA.[3] She also hosted PPFA's Maggie Awards luncheon in 2010.[3]

Sherr has rejected calls for a "new feminism" and remarked, "What's wrong with the old feminism?"[4] She strongly criticized Sarah Palin for calling herself a feminist: "What, exactly, has she done legislatively for other women? What paths has she forged?"[4]

Sherr was featured in the Jewish Women's Archive web feature Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution.[5]

Published works

Title Year ISBN Publisher Subject matter Interviews, presentations, and reviews Comments
Susan B. Anthony Slept Here: A Guide to American Women's Landmarks 1994 Three Rivers Press Co-author with Jurate Kazickas
Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words 1996 Crown Publishing Group Susan B. Anthony Booknotes interview with Sherr on Failure Is Impossible, May 5, 1995, C-SPAN
Tall Blondes: A Book About Giraffes 1997 Andrews McMeel Publishing
Giraffes
America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nations's Favorite Song 2001 PublicAffairs America the Beautiful Discussion with Sherr on America the Beautiful, November 27, 2001, C-SPAN
Outside the Box: A Memoir 2006
Rodale Press
Presentation by Sherr on Outside the Box, October 4, 2006, C-SPAN
Swim: Why We Love the Water 2012 PublicAffairs Swimming
Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space 2014
Simon and Schuster
Sally Ride Presentation by Sherr on Sally Ride, June 25, 2014, C-SPAN
Presentation by Sherr on Sally Ride, August 30, 2014, C-SPAN
Presentation by Sherr on Sally Ride, February 14, 2015, C-SPAN

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