Barbara Marx Hubbard

Barbara Marx Hubbard (1929–2019) was an American futurist, author, and public speaker. She is known for the concept of the “birthing” of humanity. In 1984, as a Democrat and self-described “citizen politician,” she became the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the vice presidency of the United States by a major political party. As cofounder and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, Hubbard posited that humanity was on the threshold of a quantum leap if emergent scientific, social, and spiritual capacities were integrated to address global crises.