In 1981, Congress dedicated a week of the following year’s March to celebrating women’s history. By 1987, this week had expanded into a month of appreciation. How can you join in and learn a little more about women’s history? Check out some of these great events happening around Ann Arbor this month!
- March 3rd - Check out a talk about Race, Gender & Identity in the Workplace featuring Jane Elliott and Roland S. Martin with the Center for the Education of Women - and if you can’t make it to this conference, look out for more events with the CEW or check out their Women of Color Task Force
- March 8th - Join the Institute for Research on Women and Gender for Victoria Reyes’ talk, entitled The Rape of Nicole and the Murder of Jennifer: Gender, Sovereignty and the U.S. Military in Subic Bay, Philippines
- March 10th - For some insight into the lives of women around the world, join the Residential College at Dr. Susan Walton’s lecture about Early Female Gamelan Buskers: Social Persona and Musical Style
- March 11th - Join WISE and AWIS at Michigan for their Wikipediathon at the Bentley Library and help to spread awareness of female scientists
- March 15th - Visit the University of Michigan Museum of Art to learn about some of the many people at work in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and across America during World War II in Willow Run: Gender, Race, and Factory Work During and After World War II
- March 15th - If you heard about or even participated in the Women’s Marches happening around the world earlier this year, join Michael T. Heaney for his talk, Women’s March: Notes from the Field, for a discussion about U.S. grassroots movements surrounding women’s rights today
- March 23rd - If you love the Ann Arbor Film Festival and want to learn more about the roles of African American women in the film industry, come hear about the New Negress Film Society at a talk at our very own Michigan Theater
- March 24th - Come join Alison Wylie all the way from the Universities of Seattle and Durham for a lecture on What Knowers Know Well: Why Feminism Matters to Archaeology
Contributed By: Anna Collins