Monthly WEDNESDAYS @ 6:30pm

May 21

The Judson Book Group will be discussing “The Secret History of the Rape Kit; a True Crime Story” by Pagan Kennedy. 

In 1972, Martha "Marty" Goddard volunteered at a crisis hotline, counseling girls who had been molested by their fathers, their teachers, their uncles. Soon, Marty was on a mission to answer a question: Why were so many sexual predators getting away with these crimes? By the end of the decade, she had launched a campaign pushing hospitals and police departments to collect evidence of sexual assault and treat survivors with dignity. She designed a new kind of forensics tool—the rape kit—and new practices around evidence collection that spread across the country. Yet even as Marty fought for women's rights, she allowed a man to take credit for her work.

If you plan to attend, be sure to contact Jane Treuhold for a Zoom invite.