Life Compass Institute Speaker: Abigail Favale
The Genius of Women: Why Girls Matter
Free and open to the public.
For middle and upper school students and adults.
Abigail Favale brings a narrative of hope at a time when much of the news about teenage girls is negative. Dr. Favale will share her inspiring journey of how she discovered her own dignity as a woman, a Catholic and a feminist. Her vision of women's true genius will provide fresh insights into what girls need to navigate and thrive in today's landscape.
Free and open to the public.
For middle and upper school students and adults.
Abigail Favale brings a narrative of hope at a time when much of the news about teenage girls is negative. Dr. Favale will share her inspiring journey of how she discovered her own dignity as a woman, a Catholic and a feminist. Her vision of women's true genius will provide fresh insights into what girls need to navigate and thrive in today's landscape.
Abigail Favale is a writer and professor in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. With an academic background in gender studies and feminist literary criticism, she writes and speaks on topics related to women and gender from a Catholic perspective. Winner of the J.F. Powers Prize for short fiction in 2017, her books include Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion and The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory. Her essays and short stories have appeared in publications such as First Things, The Atlantic, Church Life and Potomac Review. She holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
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