AU's School of Education awarded Jean Kilbourne with the Myra Sadker Equity Award for her work on women in advertising.
After she received the award, Kilbourne discussed her documentary "Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women." Kilbourne has worked in the advertising field for more than 20 years and is the author of "Can't Buy Me Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel."
Myra Sadker Day is celebrated in honor of Dr. Myra Pollack Sadker, a former AU professor and dean of the School of Education. Sadker was part of research involving gender bias in U.S. schools. Sadker's research discovered gender discrimination in textbooks, sports funding and the way students were taught.
Previous awardees include former Washington Post columnist Judy Mann and former U.S. Rep. Connie Morella (R-Md.).
For more information, see www.sadker.org.
