This is a victory for women everywhere: the 2014 Winter Olympics will include for the first time a ski jump event for women. Click here to read the story, "U.S. women's ski jumpers excited, relieved after decision" about how U.S. women competitors are feeling about the change. 4.10.2011
Victory for women in 2014 Winter Olympics
This is a victory for women everywhere: the 2014 Winter Olympics will include for the first time a ski jump event for women. Click here to read the story, "U.S. women's ski jumpers excited, relieved after decision" about how U.S. women competitors are feeling about the change. 
April Women's History Highlights and Birthdays
April 2, 1931 - 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell, the second woman to play baseball in the all-male minor leagues, pitches an exhibition game against NY Yankees and strikes out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The next day, the Baseball Commissioner voided her contract, claiming baseball was too strenuous for women. The ban was not overturned until 1992 .
April 5, 1911 - 100,000 to 500,000 people march in New York City to attend the funeral of 7 unidentified people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in late March.
April 7, 1805 - Sacagawea begins helping the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter.
April 7, 1987 - Opening of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington , DC , the first museum devoted to women artists.
April 9, 1939 - Marian Anderson sings an Easter Sunday concert for more than 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial.
April 13, 1933 - Ruth Bryan Owens is the first woman to represent the U.S. as a foreign minister when she is appointed as envoy to Denmark.
April 19, 1977 - 15 women in the House of Representatives form the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues.
April 22, - Earth Day - honor Rachel Carson today, a woman who changed America and greatly influenced the environmental movement.
April 26, 1777 - American Revolution heroine Sybil Ludington, 16 years old, rides 40 miles by horseback in the middle of the night to warn the American militia that the British were invading.
April 28, 1993 - First "Take Our Daughters to Work" Day, sponsored by the Ms. Foundation; in 2003 it became "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" Day.
April Birthdays
April 3, 1934 - Jane Goodall, primatologist and conservationist; world's foremost authority on chimpanzees
April 4, 1928 - Maya Angelou, author, poet, civil rights activist, actress; composed and read her poem at President Clinton's inauguration in 1993
April 7, 1944 (2002) - Julia Miller Phillips, film producer; first woman to win a Best Picture Academy Award (1973, "The Sting") as a producer; also produced "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Taxi Driver"
April 9, 1887 (1953) - Florence Price, first African American woman symphony composer
April 10, 1880 or 1882 (1965) - Frances Perkins, first woman cabinet member, Secretary of Labor in 1933; key contributor to the Social Security Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act
April 10, 1903 (1987) - Clare Booth Luce, playwright, Congresswoman (R-CT), Ambassador to Italy (1953-1956)
April 10, 1930 - Delores Huerta, Chicana activist; co-founder United Farm Workers union
April 13, 1909 (2001) - Eudora Welty, writer, won Pulitzer prize for Fiction in 1973; photographer; winner of Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Literature, and the French Legion d'Honneur
April 14, 1866 (1936) - Anne Sullivan Macy, famous teacher of Helen Keller who was blind, deaf, and mute; the two worked and traveled together
April 25, 1917 (1996) - Ella Fitzgerald, "First Lady of Song", internationally renowned jazz singer, winner of 13 Grammy Awards
April 27, 1927 (2006) - Coretta Scott King, civil rights, human rights, and peace activist
April 30, 1939 - Ellen Zwilich, first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music (1983)
April 5, 1911 - 100,000 to 500,000 people march in New York City to attend the funeral of 7 unidentified people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in late March.
April 7, 1805 - Sacagawea begins helping the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter.
April 7, 1987 - Opening of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington , DC , the first museum devoted to women artists.
April 9, 1939 - Marian Anderson sings an Easter Sunday concert for more than 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial.
April 13, 1933 - Ruth Bryan Owens is the first woman to represent the U.S. as a foreign minister when she is appointed as envoy to Denmark.
April 19, 1977 - 15 women in the House of Representatives form the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues.
April 22, - Earth Day - honor Rachel Carson today, a woman who changed America and greatly influenced the environmental movement.
April 26, 1777 - American Revolution heroine Sybil Ludington, 16 years old, rides 40 miles by horseback in the middle of the night to warn the American militia that the British were invading.
April 28, 1993 - First "Take Our Daughters to Work" Day, sponsored by the Ms. Foundation; in 2003 it became "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" Day.
April Birthdays
April 3, 1934 - Jane Goodall, primatologist and conservationist; world's foremost authority on chimpanzees
April 4, 1928 - Maya Angelou, author, poet, civil rights activist, actress; composed and read her poem at President Clinton's inauguration in 1993
April 7, 1944 (2002) - Julia Miller Phillips, film producer; first woman to win a Best Picture Academy Award (1973, "The Sting") as a producer; also produced "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Taxi Driver"
April 9, 1887 (1953) - Florence Price, first African American woman symphony composer
April 10, 1880 or 1882 (1965) - Frances Perkins, first woman cabinet member, Secretary of Labor in 1933; key contributor to the Social Security Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act
April 10, 1903 (1987) - Clare Booth Luce, playwright, Congresswoman (R-CT), Ambassador to Italy (1953-1956)
April 10, 1930 - Delores Huerta, Chicana activist; co-founder United Farm Workers union
April 13, 1909 (2001) - Eudora Welty, writer, won Pulitzer prize for Fiction in 1973; photographer; winner of Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Literature, and the French Legion d'Honneur
April 14, 1866 (1936) - Anne Sullivan Macy, famous teacher of Helen Keller who was blind, deaf, and mute; the two worked and traveled together
April 25, 1917 (1996) - Ella Fitzgerald, "First Lady of Song", internationally renowned jazz singer, winner of 13 Grammy Awards
April 27, 1927 (2006) - Coretta Scott King, civil rights, human rights, and peace activist
April 30, 1939 - Ellen Zwilich, first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music (1983)
3.25.2011
Women’s History Month Student Showcase at USU
The Center for Women and Gender will be celebrating Women’s History Month 2011 with a Student Showcase at Utah State University, paying tribute to the women who have taken action to help create a better world.
USU students have submitted academic works relating to the national Women’s History Month theme “Our History is Our Strength”. All works will be displayed at a Student Showcase on April 5 in the Merrill-Cazier Library 101 from 4 to 7 p.m. The public and USU community are welcome to attend.
Ann Austin, director of the Center for Women and Gender, said, “Realizing the importance of women’s work and how it shaped history is something we hope this showcase will accomplish, as well as help students see how their own contributions will shape women’s futures.”
Works are being judged by professors of USU based on relation to the theme, quality and creativity. Winners will be announced by April 1. There will be a $150 cash award for the top submissions, one from each category: visual arts, written works, performance arts, social science and technology. A People’s Choice Award will be given for one work, as voted on by the public. To vote, view the works and fill out the survey at http://www.usu.edu/womenandgender.
Submissions are by or about women, and focus on a personal level, and not on iconic women from history, such as Amelia Earhart. Works submitted range from choreography to a website.
Austin said the purpose of the work is to tell a story of the subject’s history and how those experiences strengthen the fabric of our collective history, and thus our future.
Diane Stuart, program coordinator for the Center, said, “The importance of these young women being recognized shouldn’t be overlooked. We hope that not only the community, but the students themselves, see how wonderful they are.”
For information on the Women’s History Month Student Showcase 2011, visit http://www.usu.edu/womenandgender/ or call Melissa Keller, 435-797-9222.
USU students have submitted academic works relating to the national Women’s History Month theme “Our History is Our Strength”. All works will be displayed at a Student Showcase on April 5 in the Merrill-Cazier Library 101 from 4 to 7 p.m. The public and USU community are welcome to attend.
Ann Austin, director of the Center for Women and Gender, said, “Realizing the importance of women’s work and how it shaped history is something we hope this showcase will accomplish, as well as help students see how their own contributions will shape women’s futures.”
Works are being judged by professors of USU based on relation to the theme, quality and creativity. Winners will be announced by April 1. There will be a $150 cash award for the top submissions, one from each category: visual arts, written works, performance arts, social science and technology. A People’s Choice Award will be given for one work, as voted on by the public. To vote, view the works and fill out the survey at http://www.usu.edu/womenandgender.
Submissions are by or about women, and focus on a personal level, and not on iconic women from history, such as Amelia Earhart. Works submitted range from choreography to a website.
Austin said the purpose of the work is to tell a story of the subject’s history and how those experiences strengthen the fabric of our collective history, and thus our future.
Diane Stuart, program coordinator for the Center, said, “The importance of these young women being recognized shouldn’t be overlooked. We hope that not only the community, but the students themselves, see how wonderful they are.”
For information on the Women’s History Month Student Showcase 2011, visit http://www.usu.edu/womenandgender/ or call Melissa Keller, 435-797-9222.
3.19.2011
Presidential Proclamation: Women's History Month, 2011
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, 2011
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
During Women's History Month, we reflect on the extraordinary accomplishments of women and honor their role in shaping the course of our Nation's history. Today, women have reached heights their mothers and grandmothers might only have imagined. Women now comprise nearly half of our workforce and the majority of students in our colleges and universities. They scale the skies as astronauts, expand our economy as entrepreneurs and business leaders, and serve our country at the highest levels of government and our Armed Forces. In honor of the pioneering women who came before us, and in recognition of those who will come after us, this month, we recommit to erasing the remaining inequities facing women in our day.
This year, we commemorate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, a global celebration of the economic, political, and social achievements of women past, present, and future. International Women's Day is a chance to pay tribute to ordinary women throughout the world and is rooted in women's centuries-old struggle to participate in society on an equal footing with men. This day reminds us that, while enormous progress has been made, there is still work to be done before women achieve true parity.
My Administration has elevated the rights of women and girls abroad as a critical aspect of our foreign and national security policy. Empowering women across the globe is not simply the right thing to do, it is also smart foreign policy. This knowledge is reflected in the National Security Strategy of the United States, which recognizes that countries are more peaceful and prosperous when their female citizens enjoy equal rights, equal voices, and equal opportunities. Today, we are integrating a focus on women and girls in all our diplomatic efforts, and incorporating gender considerations in every aspect of our development assistance. We are working to build the participation of women into all aspects of conflict prevention and resolution, and we are continuing to lead in combating the scourge of conflict related sexual violence, both bilaterally and at the United Nations.
In America, we must lead by example in protecting women's rights and supporting their empowerment. Despite our progress, too many women continue to be paid less than male workers, and women are significantly underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. By tapping into the potential and talents of all our citizens, we can utilize an enormous source of economic growth and prosperity. The White House Council on Women and Girls has continued to remove obstacles to achievement by addressing the rate of violence against women, supporting female entrepreneurs, and prioritizing the economic security of women. American families depend largely on the financial stability of women, and my Administration continues to prioritize policies that promote workplace flexibility, access to affordable, quality health care and child care, support for family caregivers, and the enforcement of equal pay laws. I have also called on every agency in the Federal Government to be part of the solution to ending violence against women, and they have responded with unprecedented cooperation to protect victims of domestic and sexual violence and enable survivors to break the cycle of abuse.
As we reflect on the triumphs of the past, we must also look to the limitless potential that lies ahead. To win the future, we must equip the young women of today with the knowledge, skills, and equal access to reach for the promise of tomorrow. My Administration is making unprecedented investments in education and is working to expand opportunities for women and girls in the STEM fields critical for growth in the 21st century economy.
As we prepare to write the next chapter of women's history, let us resolve to build on the progress won by the trailblazers of the past. We must carry forward the work of the women who came before us and ensure our daughters have no limits on their dreams, no obstacles to their achievements, and no remaining ceilings to shatter.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 2011 as Women's History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month and to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, 2011 with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that honor the history, accomplishments, and contributions of American women. I also invite all Americans to visit www.WomensHistoryMonth.gov to learn more about the generations of women who have shaped our history.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
During Women's History Month, we reflect on the extraordinary accomplishments of women and honor their role in shaping the course of our Nation's history. Today, women have reached heights their mothers and grandmothers might only have imagined. Women now comprise nearly half of our workforce and the majority of students in our colleges and universities. They scale the skies as astronauts, expand our economy as entrepreneurs and business leaders, and serve our country at the highest levels of government and our Armed Forces. In honor of the pioneering women who came before us, and in recognition of those who will come after us, this month, we recommit to erasing the remaining inequities facing women in our day.
This year, we commemorate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, a global celebration of the economic, political, and social achievements of women past, present, and future. International Women's Day is a chance to pay tribute to ordinary women throughout the world and is rooted in women's centuries-old struggle to participate in society on an equal footing with men. This day reminds us that, while enormous progress has been made, there is still work to be done before women achieve true parity.
My Administration has elevated the rights of women and girls abroad as a critical aspect of our foreign and national security policy. Empowering women across the globe is not simply the right thing to do, it is also smart foreign policy. This knowledge is reflected in the National Security Strategy of the United States, which recognizes that countries are more peaceful and prosperous when their female citizens enjoy equal rights, equal voices, and equal opportunities. Today, we are integrating a focus on women and girls in all our diplomatic efforts, and incorporating gender considerations in every aspect of our development assistance. We are working to build the participation of women into all aspects of conflict prevention and resolution, and we are continuing to lead in combating the scourge of conflict related sexual violence, both bilaterally and at the United Nations.
In America, we must lead by example in protecting women's rights and supporting their empowerment. Despite our progress, too many women continue to be paid less than male workers, and women are significantly underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. By tapping into the potential and talents of all our citizens, we can utilize an enormous source of economic growth and prosperity. The White House Council on Women and Girls has continued to remove obstacles to achievement by addressing the rate of violence against women, supporting female entrepreneurs, and prioritizing the economic security of women. American families depend largely on the financial stability of women, and my Administration continues to prioritize policies that promote workplace flexibility, access to affordable, quality health care and child care, support for family caregivers, and the enforcement of equal pay laws. I have also called on every agency in the Federal Government to be part of the solution to ending violence against women, and they have responded with unprecedented cooperation to protect victims of domestic and sexual violence and enable survivors to break the cycle of abuse.
As we reflect on the triumphs of the past, we must also look to the limitless potential that lies ahead. To win the future, we must equip the young women of today with the knowledge, skills, and equal access to reach for the promise of tomorrow. My Administration is making unprecedented investments in education and is working to expand opportunities for women and girls in the STEM fields critical for growth in the 21st century economy.
As we prepare to write the next chapter of women's history, let us resolve to build on the progress won by the trailblazers of the past. We must carry forward the work of the women who came before us and ensure our daughters have no limits on their dreams, no obstacles to their achievements, and no remaining ceilings to shatter.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 2011 as Women's History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month and to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, 2011 with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that honor the history, accomplishments, and contributions of American women. I also invite all Americans to visit www.WomensHistoryMonth.gov to learn more about the generations of women who have shaped our history.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America
Women's History Month Quiz
Can You Identify These Women of Great Vision and Achievement Whose History Is Our Strength?
1. Who became the first female Secretary of State of the United States, appointed by President Clinton in 1997?
2. Who took over management of Columbia Sportswear Company in the late 1930's, when it was near bankruptcy, and turned it into the largest American ski apparel company worth $4 billion in 1972?
3. Who was the first woman in modern history to lead a major Native-American tribe, the Cherokee Nation?
4. Who was the first American woman poet whose poetry was published in London in 1650?
5. Who is considered the first American woman to be ordained by full denominational authority in 1864, and who also campaigned vigorously for full woman suffrage?
6. Who was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress and was a founding member of the National Women's Political Caucus?
7. Who was the ecologist writer whose path breaking book, "Silent Spring" in 1962 initiated the environmental movement?
8. Who was the first black woman and the youngest poet laureate in American history when she was appointed in 1993?
9. Who was imprisoned and then hanged for her Quaker faith in Boston in 1660, and 400 years later her statue was placed in front of the state House?
10. Who was the female lawyer who worked for equal rights and suffrage, co-founded the ACLU in 1910, and helped write the Equal Rights Amendment?
11. Who led the fight to criminalize lynching, helped form the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), and aided many black people who migrated from the South to Chicago?
12. Who became the first female president of Harvard University when she was named its 28th president in 2007?
13. Who became the first woman vice-president candidate on a major political party ticket when selected in 1984?
14. Who volunteered as a nurse during the Civil War, earning the nickname "Mother," and after peace became an attorney advocating for veterans?
15. Who was the United States delegate to the United Nations who championed and won approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948?
16. Who earned a graduate degree from Oberlin College in 1888, was the first black woman to serve on a Board of Education (in D.C.), sued to integrate restaurants in the 1950's, integrated the American Association of University Women at age 85, and was a founding member of NAACP?
17. Who wrote "The Feminine Mystique" in 1968 and became a leading figure in the Women's Movement?
18. Who was the first woman promoted to brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force (1971) and the first female major general in any armed forces in 1973?
19. Who was a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy credited with developing the COBOL computer language, and with coining the phrase "debugging" to fix a computer?
20. Who was one of the first black physicians in New York City and the first black woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital medical school in 1926?
Answers:
1. Madeleine Albright (b. 1937)
2. Gertrude Boyle (b. 1925)
3. Wilma Mankiller (1945 - 2010)
4. Anne Bradstreet (1612 - 1672)
5. Olympia Brown (1835 - 1926)
6. Patsy Mink (1927-2002)
7. Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964)
8. Rita Dove (b. 1952)
9. Mary Dyer (c. 1611 - 1660)
10. Crystal Eastman (1881 - 1928)
11. Ida Wells-Barnett (1862 - 1931)
12. Drew Gilpin Faust (b. 1947)
13. Geraldine Ferraro (b. 1935)
14. Mary Bickerdyke (1817 - 1901)
15. Eleanor Roosevelt Oct. 11, 1884- Nov. 7, 1962
16. Mary Church Terrell (1863 - 1954)
17. Betty Friedan (1921 - 2006)
18. Major General Jeanne Holm (1921 - 2010)
19. Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper (1906 - 1992)
20. May Chinn (1896 - 1980)
1. Who became the first female Secretary of State of the United States, appointed by President Clinton in 1997?
2. Who took over management of Columbia Sportswear Company in the late 1930's, when it was near bankruptcy, and turned it into the largest American ski apparel company worth $4 billion in 1972?
3. Who was the first woman in modern history to lead a major Native-American tribe, the Cherokee Nation?
4. Who was the first American woman poet whose poetry was published in London in 1650?
5. Who is considered the first American woman to be ordained by full denominational authority in 1864, and who also campaigned vigorously for full woman suffrage?
6. Who was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress and was a founding member of the National Women's Political Caucus?
7. Who was the ecologist writer whose path breaking book, "Silent Spring" in 1962 initiated the environmental movement?
8. Who was the first black woman and the youngest poet laureate in American history when she was appointed in 1993?
9. Who was imprisoned and then hanged for her Quaker faith in Boston in 1660, and 400 years later her statue was placed in front of the state House?
10. Who was the female lawyer who worked for equal rights and suffrage, co-founded the ACLU in 1910, and helped write the Equal Rights Amendment?
11. Who led the fight to criminalize lynching, helped form the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), and aided many black people who migrated from the South to Chicago?
12. Who became the first female president of Harvard University when she was named its 28th president in 2007?
13. Who became the first woman vice-president candidate on a major political party ticket when selected in 1984?
14. Who volunteered as a nurse during the Civil War, earning the nickname "Mother," and after peace became an attorney advocating for veterans?
15. Who was the United States delegate to the United Nations who championed and won approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948?
16. Who earned a graduate degree from Oberlin College in 1888, was the first black woman to serve on a Board of Education (in D.C.), sued to integrate restaurants in the 1950's, integrated the American Association of University Women at age 85, and was a founding member of NAACP?
17. Who wrote "The Feminine Mystique" in 1968 and became a leading figure in the Women's Movement?
18. Who was the first woman promoted to brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force (1971) and the first female major general in any armed forces in 1973?
19. Who was a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy credited with developing the COBOL computer language, and with coining the phrase "debugging" to fix a computer?
20. Who was one of the first black physicians in New York City and the first black woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital medical school in 1926?
Answers:
1. Madeleine Albright (b. 1937)
2. Gertrude Boyle (b. 1925)
3. Wilma Mankiller (1945 - 2010)
4. Anne Bradstreet (1612 - 1672)
5. Olympia Brown (1835 - 1926)
6. Patsy Mink (1927-2002)
7. Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964)
8. Rita Dove (b. 1952)
9. Mary Dyer (c. 1611 - 1660)
10. Crystal Eastman (1881 - 1928)
11. Ida Wells-Barnett (1862 - 1931)
12. Drew Gilpin Faust (b. 1947)
13. Geraldine Ferraro (b. 1935)
14. Mary Bickerdyke (1817 - 1901)
15. Eleanor Roosevelt Oct. 11, 1884- Nov. 7, 1962
16. Mary Church Terrell (1863 - 1954)
17. Betty Friedan (1921 - 2006)
18. Major General Jeanne Holm (1921 - 2010)
19. Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper (1906 - 1992)
20. May Chinn (1896 - 1980)
1.20.2011
Feminist and Mormon: Reconciling Ideals of Equality and a Culture of Patriarchy
Do you identify as an active, believing Mormon woman, and as a feminist? Researchers at Oregon State University would like to hear from you.
Dr. Susan Shaw, Director of Women Studies at Oregon State University, is the principle investigator in a study of women who identify as both active, believing Mormons and as feminists. The purpose of this study is to explore the ways women who identify as both feminist and as Mormon integrate feminist ideals of equality with patriarchal ideals of Mormonism. This study is being conducted by a student for the completion of a thesis. Up to 15 individuals will take part in this study.
If you choose to participate, you will be given a written questionnaire with questions about your background, and then you will be interviewed. The interview will be transcribed and compared with the transcripts of other participants. Your questionnaire responses will also be compared with the questionnaire responses of other participants. Interviews will take place in person when possible, in your home or office, or in a study room of a library close to you. If distance is prohibitive, interviews can take place over the phone.
The study activities include:
-A brief demographic questionnaire that will take about 10 minutes to complete
-A semi-structured individual interview about your experiences and understandings as a Mormon feminist that will take approximately 1 to 2 hours.
-Your interview will be audio recorded and transcribed.
-The researcher will compile your answers with answers from other participants and look for patterns.
If interested please contact:
Julie George
georgeju@onid.orst.edu
Oregon State University
Women Studies Department
200 Gilkey Hall
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
971-221-3693
1.12.2011
Women’s History Month: Our History is Our Strength Student Showcase Contest
An Invitation to ALL USU Students:
The Center for Women and Gender will be celebrating Women’s History Month 2011 with the national theme “Our History is Our Strength” paying tribute to the millions of women who have taken action to help create a better world for the times in which they lived, as well as for future generations. We’d like to invite all USU students to participate in this significant celebration by creating and sharing a work by and/or about women that centers on this theme.
The accounts of women’s achievements are integral to the fabric of our history. Learning about women’s tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the centuries is a tremendous source of strength. Until relatively recently, this sphere of women's history was overlooked and undervalued. Women’s achievements were often distorted, disdained, and denied. But the knowledge of women’s accounts will provide valuable inspiration and even essential role models for everyone. Role models are genuinely needed to face the extraordinary changes and unrelenting challenges of the 21st century.
Works will be judged by a panel from supporting groups of Women’s History Month at USU. There will be a cash award for the top seven submissions, one from each category. Additionally, where possible, all qualified submissions will be published as conference proceedings. Selected individuals will showcase their work during an award ceremony on April 5, 2011. You are invited to submit a work from any college or department of Utah State University to one of the following seven categories:
Category 1, Research: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Category 2, Research: Social Sciences, Education, and Business
Category 3, Research: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Category 4, Audio and Video Works
Category 5, Visual Arts
Category 6, Written Works
Category 7, Performance Arts
Examples of submissions include, but are not limited to:
Displays, designs, posters, artifacts, research summaries, monologues, choreography, short plays, music compositions, song lyrics, computer graphics, paintings, sculpture, pottery, collages, sketches, photos, costumes, articles, news broadcasts, radio narrations, poems, essays, short stories.
Submission guidelines:
1. Include the name(s), major, minor, and year in school of those responsible for creating the work.
2. The work must center on the theme as described above, “Our History is Our Strength” in regards to Women’s History Month. This means the work MUST be by a woman (women) and/or about women.
3. Submissions should focus on a personal level. This includes oneself, close friends, family, etc. Do not center works on iconic women from history, such as Amelia Earhart. The work should tell a story of the subject’s history and how those experiences strengthen the fabric of our collective history, and thus our future. Our shared history unites families, communities, and nations. Although women’s history is intertwined with the history shared with men, several factors - social, religious, economic, and biological - have worked to create a unique sphere of women's history.
4. Works should include a written explanation if it is not obvious in the work itself of whom the work centers and why their history is our strength. This should be typed and not exceed 350 words.
5. Works should adhere to the USU academic honesty policy. All works must be original.
6. Submissions are due by March 15, 2011, at 5 pm in the Center for Women and Gender, TSC 309, with all materials packaged in a labeled envelope including the category the submission falls under. For works that cannot be packaged, such as a piece of art, submit the work in the form of a video, photo, etc.
7. A person or group may not submit more than one work.
8. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will not be considered.
Works will be judged on the following criteria:
1. Relevance to the theme “Our History is Our Strength”.
2. Ability to express the theme within the work.
3. Creativity and uniqueness.
4. Presentation quality.
Submissions are due March 15, 2011, at 5 pm in Center for Women and Gender, TSC 309.
Questions? Call Diane Stuart, 435-797-3703.
The Center for Women and Gender will be celebrating Women’s History Month 2011 with the national theme “Our History is Our Strength” paying tribute to the millions of women who have taken action to help create a better world for the times in which they lived, as well as for future generations. We’d like to invite all USU students to participate in this significant celebration by creating and sharing a work by and/or about women that centers on this theme.
The accounts of women’s achievements are integral to the fabric of our history. Learning about women’s tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the centuries is a tremendous source of strength. Until relatively recently, this sphere of women's history was overlooked and undervalued. Women’s achievements were often distorted, disdained, and denied. But the knowledge of women’s accounts will provide valuable inspiration and even essential role models for everyone. Role models are genuinely needed to face the extraordinary changes and unrelenting challenges of the 21st century.
Works will be judged by a panel from supporting groups of Women’s History Month at USU. There will be a cash award for the top seven submissions, one from each category. Additionally, where possible, all qualified submissions will be published as conference proceedings. Selected individuals will showcase their work during an award ceremony on April 5, 2011. You are invited to submit a work from any college or department of Utah State University to one of the following seven categories:
Category 1, Research: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Category 2, Research: Social Sciences, Education, and Business
Category 3, Research: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Category 4, Audio and Video Works
Category 5, Visual Arts
Category 6, Written Works
Category 7, Performance Arts
Examples of submissions include, but are not limited to:
Displays, designs, posters, artifacts, research summaries, monologues, choreography, short plays, music compositions, song lyrics, computer graphics, paintings, sculpture, pottery, collages, sketches, photos, costumes, articles, news broadcasts, radio narrations, poems, essays, short stories.
Submission guidelines:
1. Include the name(s), major, minor, and year in school of those responsible for creating the work.
2. The work must center on the theme as described above, “Our History is Our Strength” in regards to Women’s History Month. This means the work MUST be by a woman (women) and/or about women.
3. Submissions should focus on a personal level. This includes oneself, close friends, family, etc. Do not center works on iconic women from history, such as Amelia Earhart. The work should tell a story of the subject’s history and how those experiences strengthen the fabric of our collective history, and thus our future. Our shared history unites families, communities, and nations. Although women’s history is intertwined with the history shared with men, several factors - social, religious, economic, and biological - have worked to create a unique sphere of women's history.
4. Works should include a written explanation if it is not obvious in the work itself of whom the work centers and why their history is our strength. This should be typed and not exceed 350 words.
5. Works should adhere to the USU academic honesty policy. All works must be original.
6. Submissions are due by March 15, 2011, at 5 pm in the Center for Women and Gender, TSC 309, with all materials packaged in a labeled envelope including the category the submission falls under. For works that cannot be packaged, such as a piece of art, submit the work in the form of a video, photo, etc.
7. A person or group may not submit more than one work.
8. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will not be considered.
Works will be judged on the following criteria:
1. Relevance to the theme “Our History is Our Strength”.
2. Ability to express the theme within the work.
3. Creativity and uniqueness.
4. Presentation quality.
Submissions are due March 15, 2011, at 5 pm in Center for Women and Gender, TSC 309.
Questions? Call Diane Stuart, 435-797-3703.
1.05.2011
USU's Women's History Month Event Schedule Spring 2011: Our History is Our Strength
- Jan. 26: Dr. Susan Shaw "They Didn’t Teach Me That in Sunday School: Feminism and the Bible" Library 101, 2:30 - 4:30 pm
- Feb. 14: "Vagina Monologues" TSC Auditorium 7:00 pm
- Feb. 2: Li Guo "Narratives of Chinese Women in Early Twentieth Century" TSC 335 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- Feb. 9: Dr. George Njoroge - Rector of the Kigali Institute of Education "Rwandan Women: Our History is Our Strength" Library 101, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- Feb. 18: "Center Stage: Music by Women Composers" Performance Hall 7:30 pm
- Mar. 3: Darrin Brooks and Nancy Hills "Big Hair, Big Chair: The Power and Influence of Women in the 18th Century" Library 101, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Mar. 14: "Early Career and Lifetime Achievement Awards" TSC Ballroom 6:00 pm
- Mar. 22: Dr. Susan Madsen "Women and Education in Utah" TSC Auditorium 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Apr. 5: "Women’s History Month Student Showcase" TSC Ballroom 6:00 pm
- Apr. 12: Spring Social Luncheon, Alumni Center 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Apr. 21: P&T Celebration, The Caine House 4:30 - 6:30 pm
- Happy Hours
January 28, 2011 5:00-6:30 pm Logan Golf and Country Club
February 25, 2011 5:00-6:30 pm Logan Golf and Country Club
April 29, 2011 5:00-6:30 pm Logan Golf and Country Club
3.02.2010
11.11.2009
Feminism a religion? Against Title IX?
A lawyer accused a university in 2008 of misusing federal aid because he claimed that Women and Gender Studies discriminates against men. Clearly this man does not understand that females cannot be studied inclusively without studying males. As a student in the USU Women and Gender Studies program, I can testify to having spent many classes cover men, masculinity and related issues.
From the article:
"The courses pretty much treat guys as if they're sources of evil in the world and the women are the victims," Den Hollander said. "I'm using the same argument here as we have with Title IX. When a university receives government funding, they have to provide equal opportunities for men and women. If there's no men's studies, women's studies is unconstitutional."
He also calls feminism a religion that is "spread." Religion does not fit into the definition of feminism by pure logic and court case precedents. Also, patriarchy is a rule in most of modern and ancient societies, where women were/are the victims. His statement essentially denies this accepted truth in an overtly sexist manner.
Read story here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-daum23-2008aug23,0,3450521.column
From the article:
"The courses pretty much treat guys as if they're sources of evil in the world and the women are the victims," Den Hollander said. "I'm using the same argument here as we have with Title IX. When a university receives government funding, they have to provide equal opportunities for men and women. If there's no men's studies, women's studies is unconstitutional."
He also calls feminism a religion that is "spread." Religion does not fit into the definition of feminism by pure logic and court case precedents. Also, patriarchy is a rule in most of modern and ancient societies, where women were/are the victims. His statement essentially denies this accepted truth in an overtly sexist manner.
Read story here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-daum23-2008aug23,0,3450521.column
11.10.2009
The Worldwide Struggle to Promote Women and Gender Studies
Check out these video clips to see how far women and gender studies still has to go to create and establish understanding the world over!
Stine Eckert reports on Women and Gender Studies in Bangladesh
In Search of Women and Gender Studies
ISI Cicero's Podium Debate on "Are We Getting it Right? The debate of women and gender studies"
20 Years of Gender Studies at Notre Dame
Stine Eckert reports on Women and Gender Studies in Bangladesh
In Search of Women and Gender Studies
ISI Cicero's Podium Debate on "Are We Getting it Right? The debate of women and gender studies"
20 Years of Gender Studies at Notre Dame
E-newsletter from the National Women's History Month Project
Click here to sign up for the free e-newsletters from the National Women's History Project:
http://www.nwhp.org/signup.php.
Womanless history?
"Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history, she learns she is worthless."
Feminism (Merriam-Webster.com)
Function: noun
Date: 1895
1: the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes
2: organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests
--feminist: noun or adjective
Photo: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early feminist.
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