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Contact: Kimberly_radek@ivcc.edu
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Women's History Month, March 2010
Women's History Month was introduced by the National Women's History Project with the goal of ensuring that information about the myriad ways women have changed America would be part of our children's education. The National Women's History Month Project explains that 2010 is "the
30th anniversary of the National Women’s
History Project. When we began mobilizing
the lobbying effort that resulted in
President Carter issuing a Presidential
Proclamation declaring the week of March 8,
1980 as the first National
Women’s History Week, we had no idea what
the future would bring. And then, in 1987,
another of our successful lobbying efforts
resulted in Congress expanding the week into
a month, and March is now National Women’s
History Month."
This year's
theme is Writing Women Back into History. All events are free and
open to the public. Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Monday, March 15, 2010 Brown Bag Lunch: Writing Women Back into History also means celebrating women who have had major, historic accomplishments especially when they occur in traditionally patriarchal societies. Professor Anna Marie Pietrolonardo will discuss Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice--and only the third female justice appointed to the highest court of the United States. Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Brown Bag Lunch: Writing Women Back into History also means recovering and publicly recognizing women who have contributed significantly to history. Professor Sue Caley-Opsal will discuss Rosalie Edge, a noted conservationist, who has altered our history, even though most Americans have never heard--or learned--of her. Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Lecture: Writing Women Back into History also means becoming aware of issues that women have faced and continue to face in society because of their subordinate status. Micheline Slattery will discuss human trafficking from global, national, and personal perspectives. Slattery was orphaned at the age of five in her homeland of Haiti and forced to work for her relatives as their servant, or restavec, for nine years. At age fourteen, she was trafficked to Connecticut to serve as her cousin's slave in America. It took several more years--and courage she never knew she had--before she finally escaped to freedom.
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