BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.adoptionnetwork.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.1 0// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:14ad6ef1-8c12-4d52-8d74-11cf67930a6f X-WR-CALDESC:Monday\, June 14 (8-9 pm ET)  - Ann Fessler\n\nThe Legacy of ' The Girls Who Went Away'\n\nAnn Fessler is the author of 'The Girls Who We nt Away' which is based on 100 oral history interviews she conducted with women who lost children to adoption during the 28 years that followed WWII when a perfect storm of circumstances led to an unprecedented number of s urrenders. The book was followed six years later by her documentary film ' A Girl Like Her' that combined archival film footage with her audio interv iews. Ann will discuss the painful legacy of devastating grief left by the se adoption practices used on unwed mothers in post-WWII America\, and wha t has happened since the release of the book and film\, which gave a gener ation of birthmothers a voice.\n\nAbout Ann Fessler\nAnn Fessler is an aut hor\, filmmaker\, visual artist\, and educator. Her book 'The Girls Who We nt Away' (Penguin Press\, 2006) which places the women's stories within th e social history of the time and her own story as an adoptee\, was called “a remarkably well researched and accomplished book” by the New York Times \, and “a blend of deeply moving personal tales\, bolstered by solid socio logical analysis—journalism of the first order” by the San Francisco Chron icle. 'The Girls Who Went Away' was chosen as one of the top 5 non-fiction books of 2006 by the National Book Critics Circle and was awarded the Bal lard Book Prize\, given annually to a female author who advances the dialo gue about women’s rights. \n\nFessler’s documentary film\, 'A Girl Like He r' (2012) combines the voices of the mothers she interviewed with footage from the era\, including educational films about dating\, sex and “illegit imate” pregnancy\, and newsreels about adoption—that both reflected and sh aped the public’s understanding of unwed pregnancy and surrender. Fessler’ s film has been screened at film festivals\, colleges\, and conferences ar ound the globe and subtitled in five languages. In 2012\, Geneva Anderson writing for Art Hound said\, “Fessler’s quietly devastating documentary of fers a sociologically rich and important deconstruction of a devastating d ouble standard in effect in those days. By revealing the painful legacy th at permanently impacted many mothers\, Fessler has finally and respectfull y given them a voice.” \n\nhttps://agirllikeher.com/\nhttps://www.thegirls whowentaway.com/ X-WR-RELCALID:0480023a5b944b70543b8dd59d479a4f X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20211107T020000 RDATE:20221106T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20220313T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0dedd737-f427-4fe5-80db-a32863db7f8d DTSTAMP:20260421T221945Z DESCRIPTION:Monday\, June 14 (8-9 pm ET)  - Ann Fessler\n\nThe Legacy of 'T he Girls Who Went Away'\n\nAnn Fessler is the author of 'The Girls Who Wen t Away' which is based on 100 oral history interviews she conducted with w omen who lost children to adoption during the 28 years that followed WWII when a perfect storm of circumstances led to an unprecedented number of su rrenders. The book was followed six years later by her documentary film 'A  Girl Like Her' that combined archival film footage with her audio intervi ews. Ann will discuss the painful legacy of devastating grief left by thes e adoption practices used on unwed mothers in post-WWII America\, and what has happened since the release of the book and film\, which gave a genera tion of birthmothers a voice.\n\nAbout Ann Fessler\nAnn Fessler is an auth or\, filmmaker\, visual artist\, and educator. Her book 'The Girls Who Wen t Away' (Penguin Press\, 2006) which places the women's stories within the social history of the time and her own story as an adoptee\, was called “ a remarkably well researched and accomplished book” by the New York Times\ , and “a blend of deeply moving personal tales\, bolstered by solid sociol ogical analysis—journalism of the first order” by the San Francisco Chroni cle. 'The Girls Who Went Away' was chosen as one of the top 5 non-fiction books of 2006 by the National Book Critics Circle and was awarded the Ball ard Book Prize\, given annually to a female author who advances the dialog ue about women’s rights. \n\nFessler’s documentary film\, 'A Girl Like Her ' (2012) combines the voices of the mothers she interviewed with footage f rom the era\, including educational films about dating\, sex and “illegiti mate” pregnancy\, and newsreels about adoption—that both reflected and sha ped the public’s understanding of unwed pregnancy and surrender. Fessler’s film has been screened at film festivals\, colleges\, and conferences aro und the globe and subtitled in five languages. In 2012\, Geneva Anderson w riting for Art Hound said\, “Fessler’s quietly devastating documentary off ers a sociologically rich and important deconstruction of a devastating do uble standard in effect in those days. By revealing the painful legacy tha t permanently impacted many mothers\, Fessler has finally and respectfully given them a voice.” \n\nhttps://agirllikeher.com/\nhttps://www.thegirlsw howentaway.com/ DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T210000 LOCATION:Virtual using Zoom SUMMARY:Monday Evening Speaker Series with Ann Fessler END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR