Category: Mary Louise Smith Chair

Spring 2020 – Elaine Weiss

Award-winning journalist and writer, Elaine Weiss, visited Iowa State University on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, as the 32nd recipient of the Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. Weiss’ latest book, “The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote,” chronicles one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of … Continue reading Spring 2020 – Elaine Weiss

Spring 2019 – Florence George Graves

Florence George Graves, award-winning investigative journalist and founding director of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, visited Iowa State University on Monday, April 1, as the 31st recipient of the Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. As part of her visit to Iowa State, Graves presented “#MeToo—Why Has it Taken … Continue reading Spring 2019 – Florence George Graves

Fall 2017 – Amy Klobuchar

Fall 2016 – Lynn Povich

Fall 2015 – Kathleen Parker

Spring 2015 – Michelle Bernard

Fall 2014 – Mara Liasson