Cecile Richards & Lauren Peterson

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Since 2006, Cecile Richards has been the face of Planned Parenthood — a fierce advocate for access to reproductive health and a calm, unflappable leader during political attacks. But she’s been an activist since sixth grade, when she refused to say the Lord’s Prayer during class at her ultra-conservative Texas school; that was before her mom, Ann Richards, became governor of Texas. She’s in town signing copies of her memoir, Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, And Finding The Courage To Lead, along with co-writer Lauren Peterson, as part of the Wisconsin Book Festival.