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Bonnie Ritter Patton was a Professor of Speech and Director of Affirmative Action at the University of Kansas. She was also the primary organizer of the National Communication Association Women's Caucus in 1971. The success of the caucus led to the establishment of the NCA's Feminist and Women Studies Division so that feminist scholarship would have a recognized home in the association. The Bonnie Ritter Outstanding Feminist Book Award is named after Bonnie for the work she and her colleagues did to form the caucus.