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Date: October 1, 1998
 

President of the National Women's Political Caucus to Speak at the Woodrow Wilson School

Princeton, N.J. -- Anita Perez Ferguson, president of the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC), will give a lecture entitled "Women Step Up to Power" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, October 14, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 5.

Perez Ferguson is in her second term as the ninth president and first Hispanic head of the NWPC, a multipartisan, grassroots, membership organization dedicated to supporting women for elected and appointed office at all levels of government. Prior to joining the NWPC, Perez Ferguson served as White House liaison to the U.S. Department of Transportation and as the national director of training and education at the Democratic National Committee.

Named by the newspaper Roll Call as one of "Politics Fabulous 50" and by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States, Perez Ferguson has been active in politics for more than 15 years. Twice, she was a Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives from California. She has also held a number of other public service positions in California, including planning commissioner, affirmative action commissioner, and chair of the Ethnic Advisory Board for Education.

Perez Ferguson's lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the University's Latin American Graduate Student Association.