Co-Conspirators: An Evening with Blanche Wiesen Cook and Clare Coss

For 50 years, historian Blanche Wiesen Cook and playwright Clare Coss have been partners in life and in activism. The pair met while organizing against the Vietnam War and participated in the gay liberation movement following the Stonewall uprising. Please join us for a conversation about this pivotal moment in history, as we celebrate their lives and scholarship.

Blanche Wiesen Cook is a Distinguished Professor of History and Women’s Studies at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Clare Coss is an award-winning playwright, poet, and the librettist for the forthcoming opera Emmett Till.


Join us at the Center for Women’s History for thrilling programs and intimate conversations with scholars, journalists, artists, activists, businesswomen, and more amazing leaders of today. Guided by its expert committee of scholars, the Center has a full calendar of public events and salons to explore.











When: Fri., Jul. 12, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Where: New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
212-873-3400
Price: $15
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For 50 years, historian Blanche Wiesen Cook and playwright Clare Coss have been partners in life and in activism. The pair met while organizing against the Vietnam War and participated in the gay liberation movement following the Stonewall uprising. Please join us for a conversation about this pivotal moment in history, as we celebrate their lives and scholarship.

Blanche Wiesen Cook is a Distinguished Professor of History and Women’s Studies at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Clare Coss is an award-winning playwright, poet, and the librettist for the forthcoming opera Emmett Till.


Join us at the Center for Women’s History for thrilling programs and intimate conversations with scholars, journalists, artists, activists, businesswomen, and more amazing leaders of today. Guided by its expert committee of scholars, the Center has a full calendar of public events and salons to explore.

Buy tickets/get more info now