The Ethical Society of Asheville presents Equality Delayed – 500 Years of Fighting for Women’s Right

In recognition of Women’s History Month, “Equality Delayed – 500 years of fighting for women’s rights” will be presented by Bob Tinkler at the Sunday, March 20 meeting of the Ethical Society of Asheville, 2:00-3:30 p.m., held in the Botanical Gardens Visitor Center, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd.

This talk will cover efforts around the world to achieve women’s equality over a period of five centuries and is based on the book, The Essential Feminist Reader, edited by Estelle Freedman.

Bob Tinkler has been involved with Ethical Culture since his teen
years, including 30 years as member of the Ethical Humanist Society of
Long Island, NY and the Suffolk Ethical Society. He has been a member of
the Ethical Society of Asheville since it started in 2001. He attended
New York city schools, and graduated from St. John’s University. He was a
navigator in the Army Air Corps followed by a career as an independent
insurance broker specializing in health insurance.

He and his wife, Peggy, retired to Asheville in 1989. There will
be a discussion period following the presentation and, following the
meeting, there will be time for informal conversation. All are welcome!

For more information contact: [email protected], www.aeu.org, [email protected] or (828) 687-7759.

The Ethical Society of Asheville is a humanist, educational,
philosophical, non-theistic alternative to traditional religions. It is
affiliated with the American Ethical Union, which is affiliated with the
American Humanist Association and the International Humanist and
Ethical Union.

Members are inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of human
life is working to create a more humane society. Their commitment is to
the worth and dignity of the individual and to treating each human being
so as to bring out the best in him or her.