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Peggy O'Donnell Heffington in Conversation with Gabriella Cisneros

Gabbi Cisneros, Peggy O'Donnell Heffington

May 16, 2023

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Peggy O'Donnell Heffington discussed some of the main points from her new book Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother in this previously live-streamed conversation with Porchlight's Creative Director Gabriella Cisneros.

This interview with Peggy O'Donnell Heffington was conducted by our Creative Director Gabriella Cisneros on May 9, 2023. Here is the full video of that interview.

 

 

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About the Authors

Gabriella Cisneros is a moderately bilingual artist whose passion for storytelling extends from reading to filmmaking, video editing, writing, photography, and social media. Working at Porchlight is kind of a dream job for someone who has a 55 page, indexed document of interesting words she’s found in books. Gabbi regularly makes time for taking photos, traveling, attending concerts, trying new restaurants, blogging, fitness, and—of course—reading.

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Peggy O'Donnell Heffington is an instructional professor of history at the University of Chicago and teaches subjects ranging from feminism to human rights.

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