Author, The Beauty Myth Feminist Social Critic

Naomi Wolf’s landmark international bestseller, The Beauty Myth, challenged the cosmetics industry and the marketing of unrealistic standards of beauty, launching a new wave of feminism in the early 1990s. The New York Times called it one of the most important books of the 20th century.

Her latest book, The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot (Sept. 2007), is an impassioned call to return to the aspirations and beliefs of the Founding Fathers. Wolf shows how events of the last six years parallel steps taken in the early years of the 20th century's worst dictatorships.

In Fire With Fire: The New Female Power, Wolf described the end of “victim feminism” and the beginning of “power feminism,” offering concrete ways for women to change their lives for the better, from personal issues to how to influence the media, corporate life and political debate.

Naomi brought inspiration, energy and excitement to our conference.

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Wolf’s Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood, recounts her experiences (and those of other new mothers) with the shockingly business-like approach of the government, corporate America and even the medical industry to the needs of new mothers and families.

In The Treehouse, she shared the enduring wisdom of her father, a poet and teacher who believes that every person is an artist in their own unique way. Kirkus Review called it "Unexpectedly warm, intensely inspiring."

Wolf’s lectures examine cultural and political trends that affect women and men in different stages of their lives, from the mixed messages that are ingrained in young women about their beauty and sexuality and the psychologically and physically devastating “hooking up” culture on college campuses to the obstacles that face couples looking to start a family.
Her passionate views span the lessons from all of her books. She raises awareness of society’s pervasive inequities and encourages her audiences to take charge of their lives, voice their concerns and enact change.

Wolf is co-founder of The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, an organization that teaches young women how to become leaders and agents of change in the 21st century. She is the co-founder of The American Freedom Campaign, a non-partisan citizens' alliance formed to reverse the abuse of executive power and restore our system of checks and balances.

A graduate of Yale and a former Rhodes Scholar, Wolf has written essays for The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, Glamour, and The New York Times. She was a consultant to the Gore 2000 presidential campaign and has been a Glamour Woman of the Year.