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Events celebrate Women’s History Month
4:11 p.m., Feb. 21, 2005--To celebrate Women’s History Month, UD departments and organizations are sponsoring a host of events throughout the spring semester that focus on women’s issues.
Here is a list of upcoming events by date:
7 p.m., Feb. 22
Film, Standing On My Sisters’ Shoulders, a documentary examining the Civil Rights movement in the south from the women who lived it, with speaker Jeanne Nutter, associate professor of communications at Bloomfield College, 004 Kirkbride;
8 p.m., Feb. 24
Fifth annual Carter Lecture, “An Irrevocable Promise: Re-imaging the Story Chicana,” with Cherrie Moraga, author and activist, followed by a reception and book signing in the lobby, 103 Gore Hall;
Feb. 25-26
Theatre, The Vagina Monologues, Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., tickets available at UD box offices, through Ticketmaster or at the door,
Mitchell Hall;
4 p.m., March 1
Lecture, “The Real Lives of Strong Black Women: Transcending Myths, Reclaiming Joy,” with author Toby Thompkins, Trabant University Center Theatre;
7 p.m., March 1
Film, Tupperware!,chronicling the secrets behind Tupperware’s success--women who discovered they could move up in the world without leaving the house, with speaker Susan Strasser, UD professor of history, 004 Kirkbride Hall;
7 p.m., March 3
Performance, “Margaret Sanger: Radiant Rebel,” a one-woman play with actor and writer Miriam Reed, based on a speech Sanger delivered the evening before her first court trial for promoting birth control, Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center;
8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., March 5
Delaware Women’s Conference, “Our Legacies: The Interconnected Lives of Women,” registration available through the Office of Women’s Affairs by Feb. 21 for reduced fee, Clayton Hall;
7 p.m., March 8
International Women’s Day film, Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines, a documentary celebrating women who stand up for peace, with speaker Arancha Garcia del Soto, director of Refugee Initiatives for the Solomon Asch Center, 004 Kirkbride Hall;
12:20-1:10 p.m., March 9
Lecture with Nguyen Thi Dieu on “Vietnamese Women: Past and Present,” 116 Gore Hall;
7 p.m., March 10
Musical performance, “Here Lies Dorothy Parker” with singer/songwriter, Niki Lee, Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center;
noon-1:15 p.m., March 15
Workshop, “Let’s Talk About Sex: Becoming an Askable Parent,” with Jane Bowen, counselor/educator, Children and Families First, 209 Trabant University Center;
7 p.m., March 15
Film, Sex in a Cold Climate, a documentary that follows the stories of four women detained in Magdalene laundries between the 1940s and ’60s, with speaker Anne Boylan, UD professor of history, 004 Kirkbride;
12:20-1:10 p.m., March 16
Lecture, Janneken Smucker, UD history fellow, on “Collecting One’s Culture: An Amish Woman and Her Quilts,” 116 Gore Hall;
7 p.m., March 22
Film, Blossoms of Fire (Ramo de Fuego), focusing on the women of Mexico celebrated in paintings by Miguel Covarrubias and Frida Kahlo, with speaker Meri Clark, UD assistant professor of history, 004 Kirkbride;
12:20-1:10 p.m., March 23
Lecture, Heather Boyd, UD graduate student, on “Cigar Stories and Their ‘Indians’: Nostalgia and Race in Commercial Art,” 116 Gore Hall;
12:20-1:10 p.m., April 6
Lecture, Jaehee Jung, assistant professor of consumer affairs, on “Cross-cultural Comparisons of Body Image Among Korean and U.S. College Students,” 116 Gore Hall;
April 9
Geis Student Research on Women Conference, all day, Lerner Hall;
12:20-1:10 p.m., April 13
Lecture, Nilgun Anadolu-Okur of Temple University on “Women, Religion and Reform in Turkey,”116 Gore Hall;
12:20-1:10 p.m., April 20
Lecture, Katie Klein, junior majoring in English, on “Sister Soulja: Women in Hip Hop Literature,” 116 Gore Hall.
For more information, call the Office of Women’s Affairs (302) 831-8063, or visit [www.udel.edu/OWA].
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