Women's History Month 2009
Women in Art! Women in Music! Suffrage! Feminism! Title IX!
From Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Gloria Steinem, Queen Elizabeth to Shirley Chisholm, Women's History Month programs will educate on and celebrate women's history! Join us! Watch this space for a complete calendar of Women's History Month events in March, 2009.
Women's History Month is sponsored by the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, the MU Women's Center, and other campus and community organizations.
- Feb 28 ~ 8th Annual MU Vagina Monologues
- March 1-31 ~ Classicist, Leader, Mentor: Eva Johnston's Life and Legacy
- March 3 ~ Women's History 101
- March 4 ~ Celebrating Whiteness American Girl-Style: Representing Race at American Girl's Twentieth Anniversary
- March 5 ~ Women's Health Gathering
- March 6 ~ 13th Annual Women's Poetry Night
- March 8 ~ "We Always Swing" Jazz Series presents Jamie Baum Septet
- March 9 ~ 16th Annual Women in the Arts Gallery Show and Reception
- March 9 ~ "Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena," Viewing and Discussion
- March 11 ~ Narratives of Othering: The Social Construction of Latinas/os in the United States
- March 12 ~ Tribute to Women
- March 12 ~ Latina Visual Artists and the Politics of Everyday Aesthetics (Canceled)
- March 13 ~ Social Justice Film Series: Sisters in Law
- March 15 ~ Intergenerational Feminist Tea
- March 17 ~ Susan Glaspell's The Verge at the Corner playhouse
- March 18 ~ Women and Leadership: Talking It Out
- March 19 ~ Iron Jawed Angels: Film and Discussion
28 February 2009
8th Annual MU Vagina Monologues
7pm ~ Jesse Auditorium
$8 students/$10 community
Organized and performed by the MU Community, the 8th Annual Vagina Monologues is a benefit play, part of the V-Day College Campaign. Highly provocative, eye-opening, and emotional, the Vagina Monologues are sure to make you laugh, cry and leave the theater ready to change the world. Proceeds benefit local organizations serving survivors of violence. Tickets are $8 for students, $10 for the public, and are available at the MSA/GPC Box Office in the New Student Center or at the door. Sponsored by STARS (Stronger Together Against Relationship and Sexual Violence) in cooperation with other campus and community organizations. www.vday.org
March 1st-March 31st
Classicist, Leader, Mentor: Eva Johnston's Life and Legacy
Second Floor Ellis Library Display Case
You know the Eva Johnston that Johnston Residence Hall is named after? The respected professor, former Dean of Women, and one of the founders of our Columbia area American Association of University Women? Come learn more about Eva Johnston and her full and exciting life at this display of rare photos and original writings, located on the second floor of Ellis Library.
3 March 2009
Women's History 101
Reception, 4:30 pm
Lecture, 5 pm ~ Ellis Auditorium
Come join us as we open Mizzou's celebration of Women's History with this reception and lecture. Meet and greet people across campus with provided light refreshments before heading in to a presentation by Women's Center graduate assistant, Masters of Public Health student, Feminist Student Union advisor, and radical feminist Katie Blair. She will take us through an introduction to Women's History, and get March started right!
4 March 2009
Celebrating Whiteness American Girl-Style: Representing Race at American Girl's Twentieth Anniversary
12 noon to 1pm ~ 117 Strickland Hall
Join Veronica Medina, grad student in Sociology and Women's & Gender Studies, as she presents on American Girls' representational strategies at the time of its twentieth anniversary. In celebration of the company's twentieth anniversary, the corporate website featured the narratives of twelve women who reflected on the role that American Girl played in their lives. By analyzing these narratives and building upon previous research, Veronica identifies the ways in which race and class are (un)remarked upon in women's memories of American Girl and how these narratives contribute to reaffirming American Girl as an exclusive consumer identity.
5 March 2009
Women's Health Gathering
11am-1:30pm ~ Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union
Explore women's issues related to health and wellness at the second annual Women's Health Gathering. Students, faculty and staff are invited to stop by for healthy snacks and interact with campus and community representatives to learn about important health issues that affect women at this informal gathering and information fair. Hosted by the Status of Women Committee and sponsored by the Chancellor's Diversity Initiative.
6 March 2009
13th Annual Women's Poetry Night
6 pm ~ N208 Memorial Union
All are welcome to come celebrate our 13th Annual Women's Poetry Night! Join renowned and up-and-coming poets and spoken word artists from MU, Stephens College and Columbia communities as they share their words with us. Light refreshments will be provided.
8 March 2009
Jamie Baum Septet
7pm ~ Windsor Auditorium, Stephens College
The "We Always Swing" Jazz Series celebrates Women's History Month with the Jamie Baum Septet. Featuring Jamie Baum, Flutes; Taylor Haskins, Trumpet; Doug Yates, Alto Saxophone/Bass Clarinet; Mark Taylor, French Horn; Aaron Goldberg, Piano; Johannes Weidenmueller, Bass; and Jeff Hirshfield, Drums. The program in part is a performance of a suite based on a Charles Ives composition. The music is modern and at times is reminiscent of modern classical music—but it is decidedly jazz. Tickets are available at all ticketmaster outlets, and students can student charge at Brady Commons. The "We Always Swing" Jazz Series box office number is 449-3001. Tickets are $20/$25 public; $16 for students.
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9 March - 3 April 2009
16th Annual Women in the Arts Gallery Show and Reception
Gallery Show: March 9 - April 3 ~ The Craft Studio Gallery, N12 Memorial Union
Reception: Wednesday, March 11, 4-6 pm ~ The Craft Studio Gallery, N12 Memorial Union
The Women in the Arts Gallery Show is an annual juried exhibition featuring talented women artists from the MU and Mid-Missouri area. We welcome you to celebrate our 16th year of honoring women artists at our reception where we will enjoy refreshments and live music. For more information, please contact Kelsey Hammond at 882-2889 or craftstudio@missouri.edu.
9 March 2009
"Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena," Viewing and Discussion
7pm ~ 109 Strickland Hall
Join Becky Martinez, Women's and Gender Studies Visiting Scholar, as she facilitates the viewing and following discussion of the film. Women Make Movies describes the film as placing "Selena's life and legacy in a cultural context, revealing powerful social forces that transformed a popular entertainer into a Chicana cultural icon turned modern-day saint." Come add your voice to the feminist analysis of this intriguing, interesting, andÑat its endÑtragic tale.
11 March 2009
Narratives of Othering: The Social Construction of Latinas/os in the United States
12 noon to 1pm ~ 117 Strickland Hall
Join Jennifer Corea, Sociology doctoral student, in her discussion of how the intersections of race, class, gender, and national identity attribute a fundamental influence in how people of Mexican descent are perceived and Othered in America. This is an exploratory assessment of the social and legal constructions of people of Mexican descent in the United States as well as an examination of its impacts on this marginalized group.
12 March 2009
Tribute to Women
3 pm ~ Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union
Help us celebrate and offer our congratulations to MU women who have worked to create an environment of equity, fairness and justice for all women on the MU campus, including all students, faculty and staff at this annual reception and Tribute to Women. Hosted by the Status of Women Committee and sponsored by the Chancellor's Diversity Initiative.
12 March 2009
Latina Visual Artists and the Politics of Everyday Aesthetics
7 pm ~ 210 Strickland Hall
This program has been canceled.
13 March 2009
Social Justice Film Series: Sisters in Law
12 noon ~ Social Justice Lounge, N215 Memorial Union
Come join Women's Center intern Matthew Huffman as he shows "Sisters in Law," an award-winning documentary showcasing two African women working for legal justice for survivors of violence in Cameroon. Matthew will facilitate a discussion afterwards. Bring your lunch, open mind, and passion for changing the world!
15 March 2009
Intergenerational Feminist Tea
2 to 4pm ~ S304 Memorial Union (room may change)
Come participate in an intergenerational discussion with local feminists of all ages! Share your experiences, involvement and ideas about the feminist movement over tea and light refreshments. This is a great opportunity to collaborate with like-minded people on problems facing the community, and what we can do to create positive change. Students, faculty, staff and local community members are all invited and welcome to attend. Sponsored by FSU (Feminist Student Union).
17 March 2009
Susan Glaspell's The Verge at the Corner playhouse
8pm ~ Corner Playhouse (corner of Hitt and University), March 17, 18, and 19
Labelled "mad feminism" in 1921, Pulitzer prize winning playwright Susan Glaspell's The Verge features her most celebrated and controversial protagonist, Claire Archer, an American Hedda Gabler, who provides provocative answers to the burning psychological question of the day: "what does a woman want?"
Glaspell is better known as the author of Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers, but she won a Pulitzer for Alison's House, and most Glaspell critics consider The Verge her most ambitious and interesting play — in it the protagonist Claire Archer, metaphorically engaged in creating a new plant species, is actually seeking a radically different way to be human, especially woman. Claire is openly contemptuous of her husband and her conventional daughter, and ends up strangling the man she loves because he is "too much" and "not enough."
The Verge features a number of stylistic innovations, including dialogue that is variously frank (perhaps the first time NY audiences heard the word "whore" onstage), heavily symbolic (Claire enjoys a purely physical relationship with "Dick") and inventive (perhaps the first use of "otherness" as a sense of identity defined by what it is not).
More information about Glaspell can be found at the Susan Glaspell Society website.
After spring break, the play will continue April 2 - 4 at 8 pm, and April 5 at 2 pm. Tickets are $7.00. Call (573) 882-PLAY for reservations. Box Office hours in the Fine Arts Building are 3 to 5:30pm, M-F.
18 March 2009
Women and Leadership: Talking It Out
2-4pm ~ Jesse Wrench Auditorium, Memorial Union
Come to this panel of distinguished and diverse MU women leaders to discuss all aspects of being a woman leader, including life balance: work/school/family/friends; career options and goals; weaknesses and strengths; workplace interaction; and much more. Come prepared to listen, learn, and ask your own questions of the panelists. Co-sponsored by the Women's Center and the Center for Leadership Development.
19 March 2009
Iron Jawed Angels: Film and Discussion
6:30 pm ~ Jesse Wrench Auditorium
Discrimination. Imprisonment. Torture. What would you endure to guarantee your right to vote? Come see Hillary Swank and Patrick Dempsey in this shocking HBO film about the struggle women undertook to guarantee the right to vote for half the U.S. population. FREE food and discussion will follow.
The 2009 Women's History Month Planning Committee includes Jessica Jennrich, Struby, Katie Blair, Jenny Dills, Laura Hacquard, Kelsey Hammond, Rebecca Martínez, Christiane Quinn, and Ashley Crimaldi.
Women's History Month sponsors include: The Women's and Gender Studies Department, the Women's Center, the Center for Leadership Development, STARS (Stronger Together Against Relationship and Sexual Violence), the Status of Women Committee, the Chancellor's Diversity Initiative, and the Hispanic and Latin American Faculty and Staff Association.
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