Gail Collins, who became the first woman appointed editor of The New York Times editorial page, and currently an op-ed columnist for The Times and successful author, will deliver a public talk at the Woodrow Wilson School on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 4:30 p.m., Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Collins' talk is part of the Wilson School’s "Social Movements" thematic lecture series and will include a book sale, signing and public reception in Shultz dining room following the discussion.

The address is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for entry to the lecture.

Tickets will be available beginning at noon on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at the University Ticketing Office in the Frist Campus Center. Ticket distribution will continue, while supplies last, at the University Ticketing Office from noon to 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday – the day of the event.   A government-issued photo ID or Princeton University TigerCard ID is required to obtain a ticket with a maximum of two tickets per person.   Overflow seating will be available for those unable to obtain a ticket.

Gail Collins joined The New York Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board and later as an op-ed columnist. In 2001, she became the first woman appointed editor of the Times’ editorial page. Before joining The Times, Ms. Collins was a columnist at New York Newsday and the New York Daily News, and a reporter for United Press International. Her first jobs in journalism were in Connecticut, where she founded the Connecticut State News Bureau, which provided coverage of the state capitol and Connecticut politics. When she sold it in 1977, the CSNB was the largest news service of its kind in the country, with more than 30 weekly and daily newspaper chains.

Collins will be on hand to autograph her book, “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present,” as well as the 50^th anniversary edition of Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique,” for which Collins wrote the new introduction.