Myriam Miedzian

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Myriam Miedzian
Born
Myriam Miedzianogora
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Columbia University
Hunter College, City University of New York
Occupation(s)Academic and author
Employer(s) Rutgers University, Barnard College, Brooklyn College
Notable work Boys Will Be Boys (1991 book)
Website myriammiedzian.com

Myriam Miedzian (born MyriamMiedzianogora) is an American philosopher, author, [1] and social activist. She is the founder of non-profit organizations, including Monumental Women and Prepare Tomorrow's Parents. [2] [3]

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She is the author of the 1991 book Boys Will Be Boys.

Education

In 1940, as a child, Miedzian had to escape Nazis. [4]

Miedzian has a master's degree in clinical social work from Hunter College, City University of New York and a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University and

Career

Miedzian's career as a philosophy professor included teaching as Rutgers University, Barnard College, and Brooklyn College. [5]

Miedzian and her husband, Gary Ferdman, founded Monumental Women, [6] [7] a non-profit organization dedicated to placing the first statue honoring women in New York City's Central Park. [8] [9] [ circular reference ] Its efforts were successful and the statue, which honors Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was unveiled, after seven years, in August 2020. [10] Miedzian is also a founding director of Prepare Tomorrow's Parents, a non-profit organization that works to promote child-rearing education in public schools. [11]

Miedzian has been a guest speaker on over 300 television and radio programs, and has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. She is a writer of articles, opinion pieces, and blogs. She has delivered lectures on reducing violence through changes in the socialization of boys at international events and academic institutions, including at the International Psychohistory Conferences and the Mississauga/Dufferin-Peel Lecture, in Ontario, Canada. [12] [13]

Selected publications

Anthologies

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