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Sonia Pressman Fuentes

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I am an author, public speaker, feminist leader and lawyer. I was the first woman attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) and a founder of WEAL (Women`s Equity Action League) and FEW (Federally Employed Women). I am an expert in the field of women`s rights to be free of employment discrimination based on sex.

Organizations

I belong to NOW and the Veteran Feminists of America nationally and the Brandeis University National Women's Committee in Sarasota, FL. I am a member of the board of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State in Sarasota, FL.

Publications

See my Web site at http://www.erraticimpact.com/fuentes for articles written by me, information on my memoir, "Eat First--You Don't Know What They'll Give You, The Adventures of an Immigrant Family and Their Feminist Daughter," and interviews of me.

Education/Credentials

I have an LLB from the University of Miami School of Law in Florida.

Awards and Honors

I received a superior performance award at the EEOC and was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, among other awards and honors.

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
Karin	11/16/09	10	10	10	10	Incredibly knowledgable and professional. Thank you Sonia!
jj	08/31/09	10	10	10	10	Thank you so much for your help!
Laura	06/28/09	10	10	10	10
Sarah	05/13/09	10	10	10	10
Sandy	03/28/09	10	10	10	10	Thank you.

Recent Answers from Sonia Pressman Fuentes

2009-11-20 Socialist Feminism:

Dear Mel: Sorry, but I know nothing about socialist feminism. When I got your inquiry, I went to google.com and found a good number of entries after typing in "socialist feminism," including one from

2009-11-19 Offensive remark:

Dear Bernadette: The word for hatred of women is "misogyny." If you go to google and type that word in, you will find a number of discussions of this subject; Wikipedia's is at http://en.wikipedia

2009-11-04 Can you help?:

Dear Beverly: It's interesting that you now included the initial query from the young woman--that is not the query I got last time when I clicked on the URL you sent earlier; I got another case of a

2009-11-04 Can you help?:

Dear Beverly: Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I went to the website you gave me and it doesn't say exactly what you wrote about he incident although the gravamen of it is as you wrote. I

2009-10-31 Is this rape?:

Dear MJ: I am not familiar with Canadian law on rape. In the US, the following articles deal with the legal questions of what is rape and what is sexual assault. The definition of rape legally

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