Women’s History Month celebration features Gloria Steinem as speaker and Governor Healey as honoree

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    Gloria Steinem will serve as the featured guest speaker at the third annual Women’s History Month celebration hosted by the Massachusetts Trial Court's Women's History Month Planning Committee on Tuesday, March 21st, 12:30 pm, at Chelsea High School, 299 Everett Avenue in Chelsea.

     

    Ms. Steinem – a world-renowned journalist, author, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer – will participate virtually at this hybrid event to be held in the Saul Nechtem Gymnasium at Chelsea High School. This event will also be available through streaming via YouTube. 

     

    This year’s theme, “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” is also the theme for the National Women’s History Alliance, sponsor of the nationwide observance. In addition to Ms. Steinem, eight trailblazing women will receive awards, including Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, District Court Chief Justice Stacey Fortes, Middlesex Superior Court Assistant Clerk Amanda Rowan, Northeastern University Law Professor Deborah Ramirez, ROCA Executive Director Molly Baldwin, New Beginnings Reentry Services Executive Director Stacy Borden, and Crystal Haynes, Boston 25 News reporter and anchor. Ms. Haynes also will serve as the mistress of ceremonies. Lt. Governor Driscoll will accept the award on the governor's behalf.