The Last Bastion of Discrimination: Political Implications of Disabilities
Mary Jane Owen
Thursday, 23 Oct 1986 at 12:00 am – 142 West Quad
Mary Jane Owen has been the program manager of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped since 1981. She became active in the disability movement after losing her sight as a doctoral student at the University of California at Berkeley. From the University Lectures Program archive.
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