MIT World Speakers

Cathy Young

Cathy Young is a columnist for The Boston Globe, and a columnist and contributing editor for Reason magazine. Her articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. Born in Moscow, she has lived in the United States since 1980. She is the author of two books: Growing Up in Moscow: Memories of a Soviet Girlhood (1989), and Ceasefire: Why Women and Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality(1999).