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A founding editor and writer for Ms. magazine, Pogrebin is also the author of ten books, among them two memoirs –Getting Over Getting Older, and Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America; the novel Three Daughters; the feminist classic How to Make it in a Man's World; and the recently published How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick (2013).
She is also the editor of the anthology Stories for Free Children, and was the consulting editor on Free to Be… You and Me and Free to Be...A Family, Marlo Thomas’ ground-breaking line of children's books, records and television specials.
Besides her twenty year affiliation with Ms. magazine, Pogrebin has published articles and op-eds in The New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Times, Toronto Star, The Nation, Harpers Bazaar, Travel & Leisure, Family Circle, and Good Housekeeping, among other publications. She is a regular columnist for Moment magazine, and for ten years, wrote "The Working Woman" column in The Ladies Home Journal.
A leader in many social justice causes, Pogrebin has served two terms as President of The Authors Guild, a national organization dedicated to the protection of writers’ copyright and contract rights; and two terms as Chair of the Board of Americans for Peace Now, an advocacy organization working to promote a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Letty Cottin Pogrebin’s devotion to advancing inter-group harmony inspired her participation in a longstanding Black-Jewish dialogue group, and two Jewish-Palestinian dialogue groups, one of which is still ongoing. In addition, she is a co-founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the UJA-Federation Task Force on Women, and the International Center for Peace in the Middle East.
She currently serves on the board of Americans for Peace Now, the Ms. Foundation for Education & Communication, The Free to Be Foundation, the Harvard Divinity School Women Studies in Religion Program, and the Brandeis University Women's and Gender Studies Program.
Pogrebin's honors include a Yale University Poynter Fellowship in Journalism; an Emmy Award for “Free to Be… You and Me,” inclusion in Who’s Who in America, and dozens of awards and commendations from a variety of organizations and educational institutions in the U.S.
Industry Expertise (4)
Women
International Affairs
Research
Writing and Editing
Areas of Expertise (10)
Illness
Friendship
Cancer
Aging
Jewish Interest
Women and Money
Jews and Gender
Sexism and Youth
The Path to Two-State Solution
Illuminating Eternal Themes Through Fiction
Accomplishments (1)
Emmy Award (personal)
Emmy award was given for Free to Be You and Me, inclusion in Who’s Who in America.
Education (1)
Brandeis University: B.A.
Cum Laude
Affiliations (5)
- Americans for Peace Now
- Ms. Foundation for Education & Communication
- The Free to Be Foundation
- Harvard Divinity School Women Studies in Religion Program
- Brandeis University Women's and Gender Studies Program
Links (16)
- Personal Website
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Lecture Topics
- GoodReads Profile
- Hadassah Magazine Profile: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
- The Daily Beast: ‘The Feminine Mystique’ at 50: Three Feminists on Betty Freidan’s Legacy
- In ‘Mad Men,’ She Would Have Been Peggy
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin: The Knesset’s “Year of the Woman”
- The Huffington Post: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
- Moment Mag: Letty Cottin Pogrebin: The Knesset’s “Year of the Woman”
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Why Can’t We Show Empathy for the Palestinians?
- The Jewish Daily Forward: The ‘A-Word’ in Hebron
- Central Park Rape Case
- The Daily Beast: How to Revive The Peace Process: A Modest Proposal
- Women’s Media Center
- Chicago Tribune: Letty Cottin Pogrebin on 'How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick'
- Podcast
Event Appearances (4)
City arts & lectures: live and on public radio
Gloria Steinem & Letty Cottin Pogrebin Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St.
2013-06-03
Life Lessons from Activist: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
New Center Lexington, MA
2013-10-24
Jewish Women in 2013
The Fall Dinner for the Women of Reform Judaism Westchester Reform Temple
2013-10-17
Printers Row: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Chicago, IL Chicago Tribune - Trib Nation
2013-04-22
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