Myra Marx Ferree spoke to us about the nation state, gender and intersectional feminism during her recent visit to Georgetown as part of the BMW Center lecture series, "A Century of Women's Struggle: From the Franchise to #MeToo." 

Myra's book recommendation was "Sex, Politics and Putin," by Valerie Sperling: https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Politics-Putin-Political-Legitimacy/dp/0199324352

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