Jane Fonda on "Prime Time ... Making the Most of All Your Life"

Jane Fonda comes to Berkeley in connection with her latest book, "Prime Time: Making The Most of Your Life."

One of the most outstanding women of our times, Fonda is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress and highly successful producer. For decades, she has also been an internationally renowned (and occasionally notorious) social activist. She famously opposed the Vietnam War and strongly protested the Iraq War. A longtime supporter of feminist causes, she worked with Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem to co-found the Women's Media Center, on whose board she serves. She was involved from the beginning in Eve Ensler’s V-Day, a potent international movement to stop violence against women, inspired by the off-Broadway hit The Vagina Monologues, of which she is an honorary chairperson. She was present at their first summit in 2002, bringing together Eve Ensler, Afghan women oppressed by the Taliban, and a Kenyan activist campaigning to save girls from genital mutilation. 

She revolutionized the fitness industry with the Jane Fonda Workout. More than 17 million copies of her fitness books, videos, and recordings have been sold. In 2001, she established the Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive Health at Emery University.

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