The National Organization for Women brings its annual meeting to town tomorrow with a focus on health. Unlike many conferences, this one has a daily rate: $65
Speakers include Wellesley president Kim Bottomly of Wellesley College. She is the former deputy provost for science, technology and faculty development at Yale University. According to the NOW website, “Bottomly initiated successful new programs to enhance faculty career development and was instrumental in Yale’s efforts to recruit and retain women in the sciences and underrepresented minorities in all fields…Bottomly’s research focused on the molecular and cellular changes associated with allergic and asthmatic responses. She was a member of the Immunobiology Study Section at the National Institutes of Health.”
She’s on a 3 p.m. panel called “The State of the Women’s Movement: Feminism Today and Tomorrow”