New York  University professor Esther Katz is the leading expert on family planning pioneer Margaret Sanger, who was placed on trial for opening the famed Brownsville Clinic here in Brooklyn just over 90 years ago.  Katz, who recently edited the third volume of the four-volume The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, published by Illinois University Press, will be the featured Herb Yellin Memorial lecturer at the Old Stone House of Brooklyn on Wednesday, March 21, at 7 pm. 

Sanger – reformer, activist and crusader for women’s rights – was a fascinating and complex personality whose life exemplifies the exceptional circumstances and sacrifices still confronted by women today.  Tickers are $5 and include refreshments.  Books will be available. 

Herb Yellin, the first chairman of the board of trustees of the Old Stone House of Brooklyn, helped sow the seeds for a new appreciation of the major role that Brooklyn has played in the development of this country.  This lecture series is dedicated to him, and his abundant curiosity and energy.

The Old Stone House is in JJ Byrne Park, between 3rd and 4th streets, just off Fifth Avenue , in Park Slope, Brooklyn .  For more information, please call 718-768-3195, or visit the Old Stone House website at www.theoldstonehouse.org.