Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

{{short description|1992 television film by Harry Winer}}

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| genre = Drama

| writer = April Smith

| director = Harry Winer

| starring = Patricia Wettig
Stephen Lang
Shelley Hack
Joanna Cassidy

| music = Randy Edelman

| country = United States

| language = English

| producer = Andrew Gottlieb

| executive_producer = Lawrence A. Lyttle
Harry Winer

| location = Memphis, Tennessee

| editor = John A. Barton
David A. Simmons

| cinematography = Thomas Alger Olgeirson

| runtime = 96 minutes

| company = Warner Bros. Television

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| network = CBS

| released = {{Start date|1992|03|15}}

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Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story is a 1992 American made-for-television drama film about a rape victim who spoke out about her experiences and raised awareness of the fact that rape and sexual assault are never the victim's fault.

This true story inspired other victims who felt shame about what had happened to them to speak out.{{cite web|title=Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105524/|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=13 February 2017|language=English}} Rape victim Nancy Ziegenmeyer spoke openly about her experiences, including with the hospital, the police, prosecutors, the accused, and the criminal justice system.{{cite news|author1=David Margolick|title=A Name, a Face and a Rape: Iowa Victim Tells Her Story|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/25/us/a-name-a-face-and-a-rape-iowa-victim-tells-her-story.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate=13 February 2017|agency=New York Times|date=March 25, 1990|language=English}}{{cite news|author1=Catharine Reeve|title=Taking Back Her Life - Public Disclosure Helps One Victim Of Rape Become A Survivor|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-02-23/features/9201170624_1_nancy-ziegenmeyer-parking-lot-grabbed/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214103244/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-02-23/features/9201170624_1_nancy-ziegenmeyer-parking-lot-grabbed/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2017|accessdate=13 February 2017|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=February 23, 1992|language=English}}