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WASHINGTON, Mar. 1 /Christian Newswire/ -- Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Vice President of Communications for the Family Research Council will be speaking Thursday, March 1, 2007 at American University. Dr. Yoest will participate in a debate entitled "What Is Feminism?"

WHAT: "What Is Feminism?" Debate

Dr. Yoest will be participating in a debate called "What is Feminism?" The debate is the opening event for American University's Women's HERstory Month. It is co-sponsored by the Women's Initiative Group and College Republicans.

As an author, and a political analyst, she is working on her next book, A G.I. Bill for Moms: Mothers, the Market and the American Way. Her earlier book, Mother in the Middle (HarperCollins), was an examination of work/family and childcare policy.

As an expert on domestic and international social policy, Dr. Yoest has provided Congressional testimony before both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as testifying before the New Jersey State Senate, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, and the Virginia State School Board.

WHO: Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Vice President of Communications for Family Research Council

WHEN: Thursday, March 1, 2007
7:00 PM ET

WHERE: American University
McDowell Lounge
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC

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