Speaker to review “The Story of Jane”

SENIOR PEACE CLUB

The Senior Peace Club’s meeting is on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 9. LW resident Jean Parr will discuss the unending struggle for abortion rights and delve into Laura Kaplan’s book “The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service.”

The book describes the incredible story of a group of women in Chicago in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Before the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, most women determined to get abortions had to subject themselves to the power of illegal, unregulated abortionists. But a Chicago woman who happened to stumble across a secret organization code-named “Jane” had an alternative. Laura Kaplan, who joined Jane in 1971, has pieced together the histories of the anonymous, average-sounding women who transformed themselves into outlaws.

Parr is a second generation LWer. She did curriculum training for the state of California and was on the staff of the National Writing Project at University of California Santa Barbra.

All residents are welcome. Call Pat Kruger at 562-357-4040 for more information.