SPRING 2008
**An Evening with ANGELA DAVIS**
Monday, April 14 , 2008 | 7 p.m. | Kresse Arena on the College of Charleston campus | Free and open to the public | Reception and booksigning to follow
The Women's and Gender Studies Program is thrilled to announce this spring's major speaker, internationally renowned scholar and activist Angela Davis.
It would be difficult to overstate her importance. Dr. Davis is one of the most important and widely recognized speakers to agree to visit the College. She has spent the last fifteen years at the University of California Santa Cruz where she is Professor of History of Consciousness, an interdisciplinary Ph.D program, and Professor of Feminist Studies. She is the author of eight books, including the widely-taught Women, Race and Class. Through her activism and her scholarship over the last decades, Dr. Davis has been deeply involved in our nation’s quest for social justice. Her work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender equality.
This event is cosponsored by the African American Studies Program, the Alliance for Full Acceptance, the Avery Research Center, the Cougar Activities Board, the Center for Institutional Diversity, the English Department, the Gay-Straight Alliance, the Office of the Provost, the Political Science Department, and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Third Thursdays: Seeing Straight Through Queer Eye: Media and Sexuality
Thursday, April 17, 2008 | NOON | Arnold Hall, 96 Wentworth St. | Free and open to the public
This year the Women's and Gender Studies Program sponsors Third Thursdays, a monthly series of informal conversational salons. Faculty, staff, and students from the College of Charleston are invited to join with members of the Charleston community to discuss feminism, faculty research, and what Women's and Gender Studies actually involves.
This gathering will feature Celeste LaCroix and Robert Westerfelhaus, associate professors of Communication and faculty affiliates of WGS.
Third Thursdays: Sisterhood, Interrupted
Thursday, March 20, 2008 |5-6:30 | Arnold Hall, 96 Wentworth St. | Free and open to the public
This year the Women's and Gender Studies Program sponsors Third Thursdays, a monthly series of informal conversational salons. Faculty, staff, and students from the College of Charleston are invited to join with members of the Charleston community to discuss feminism, faculty research, and what Women's and Gender Studies actually involves.
This gathering will feature a group discussion of the book Sisterhood, Interrupted, by Deborah Siegel. Come at 5:00 for informal conversation. The discussion will begin around 5:15.
Vagina Monologues
Friday, Feb. 15 , 2008 | 7 p.m. and midnight | Physician's Auditorium on the College of Charleston campus | Tickets $20 for community members, $12 for students ($10 with donation for My Sister's House or Magdalene House of Charleston)
This year marks the 10th anniversary of The Vagina Monologues and the V-Day movement to end violence against women. Come take part in the annual tradition! This year all proceeds go to My Sister's House and the Magdalene House of Charleston.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact WGS at 843-953-2280. Tickets also for sale at Kudu Coffee, 52.5, and Blue Bicycle Books.
V-Day Week
February 11-15 , 2008 | College of Charleston campus | Free and open to the public
During the week of the production of the Vagina Monologues, students on campus will promote activism to raise awareness about the prevalence of violence against women.
TUESDAY, FEB. 12
V-Day Concert at the Rivers Communication Museum on the College of Charleston campus, 8 p.m.
Performers include Rock, Paper, Sexy; 1000s of Kittens, and others. Donations for My Sister's House and the Magdalene House of Charleston will be accepted at the door.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13
Tables at Cougar Mall, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., featuring People Against Rape, VOX, CofC NOW, and South Carolina Equality Coalition
Screening of "Until the Violence Stops" at the Stern Center Theater
THURSDAY, FEB. 14
Tables at Cougar Mall, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., featuring People Against Rape, VOX, CofC NOW, and South Carolina Equality Coalition
FRIDAY, FEB. 15
Vagina Monologues pre-party at the WGS House, 2 Bull Street, at 5 p.m.
Third Thursdays: Feminist Parenting
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 | NOON | Arnold Hall, 96 Wentworth St. | Free and open to the public
This year the Women's and Gender Studies Program sponsors Third Thursdays, a monthly series of informal conversational salons. Faculty, staff, and students from the College of Charleston are invited to join with members of the Charleston community to discuss feminism, faculty research, and what Women's and Gender Studies actually involves.
This gathering will feature a panel of feminist moms and dads-- Brian McGee, Brian McCann, Stephanie Hunt, and Amy Hudock--who will discuss their approach to parenting and the challenges and rewards it brings. Bring your lunch. Childcare will be provided.
Third Thursdays: Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Arnold Hall, 96 Wentworth St. | Free and open to the public
This year the Women's and Gender Studies Program sponsors Third Thursdays, a monthly series of informal conversational salons. Faculty, staff, and students from the College of Charleston are invited to join with members of the Charleston community to discuss feminism, faculty research, and what Women's and Gender Studies actually involves.
This gathering will feature assistant professor of history and WGS faculty affiliate Cara Delay, along with students from her classes.
FALL 2007
Women's Issues: Why Do We Still Have Them?
Avery Research Center, 125 Bull St. | Aug. 27, 6:00 p.m. | Free and open to the public |
It’s been eighty-seven years since women received the right to vote in all US elections. So why do we still have issues? Why is gender equality still not a reality? A panel will address this question in recognition of Women’s Equality Day:
Lynne Ford, PhD., Chair, Political Science Dept.,College of Charleston
Niki Ross, Director of Development, Planned Parenthood
Dot Scott, President, NAACP
Jennet Robinson Alterman, Executive Director, The Center for Women
Sponsored by: The Center for Women, The League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area, The Women’s & Gender Studies Program of the College of Charleston
I Love Female Orgasm
Physician's Auditorium | Sept. 24, 7:00 p.m. | Free and open to the public | Sponsored by the Cougar Activities Board
A funny, educational program about women's sexuality and pleasure, presented by nationally known sex educators Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller. For more information, visit www.sexualityeducation.com
Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Film screening | Sept. 27, 7:00 p.m. | Robert Scott Smalls Building auditorium | Free and open to the public
This riveting documentary tackles issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today’s hip-hop culture. Sparking dialogue on hip-hop and its declarations on gender, HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes provides thoughtful insight from intelligent, divergent voices including rap artists, industry executives, rap fans and social critics from inside and outside the hip-hop generation. For more information, visit www.pbs.org/independentlens/hiphop
The film screening will be followed by a discussion led by Professor Conseula Francis and Professor Renard Harris.
Part of the 2007-2009 Women's and Gender Studies Black Guys and White Guys series.
Women's Studies Goes Global? Some Cautionary Notes from the Caribbean
Oct. 4, 5:30-7 p.m. | Education Center, room 118 | Free and open to the public
The presentation will offer some reflections on how critical area studies interrupts unreflexive feminist global gestures, drawing on efforts to transnationalise the Women and Gender Studies Program at the University of Toronto.
Dr. D. Alissa Trotz, Associate Professor in Women & Gender Studies and Sociology & Equity Studies at the University of Toronto, was appointed Director of the Caribbean Studies Program in July 2006. Her research explores how the questions that emerge from the incredibly complex site of colonial encounter that comprises the Caribbean, can provide analytical tools for thinking about such issues as difference, resistance, nationalism, diasporic practices, feminism and transnationality. Her publications include Gender, Ethnicity and Place: Women and Identities in Guyana (with Linda Peake, Routledge 1999), and articles on historicizing the Caribbean family, race, gender and nation and the Caribbean diaspora in such journals as Small Axe, New West Indian Guide, Social and Economic Studies, Global Networks. She is currently guest-editing, with Aaron Kamugisha, a special issue of Race and Class to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade.
Sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Third Thursdays: Feminism 101
Oct. 18, 5:00-6:30 p.m. | Blacklock House, 18 Bull St. | Free and open to the public
This year the Women's and Gender Studies Program sponsors Third Thursdays, a monthly series of informal conversational salons. Faculty, staff, and students from the College of Charleston are invited to join with members of the Charleston community to discuss feminism, faculty research, and what Women's and Gender Studies actually involves.
Our first gathering will feature WGS Director Alison Piepmeier, along with students from her classes.
Modification of Duties: A Panel Discussion
Oct. 30, 3 p.m. | Arnold Hall in the Jewish Studies Building | Open to faculty
What is the history of family leave at the college? What is the Modification of Duties statement? How should we handle family leave?
Panelists Elise Jorgens (Provost), Lynne Ford (chair, Political Science), Beth Goodier (Communication, Faculty Welfare Chair), Lisa Thomson Ross (Psychology), and Tom Casey (director, Human Resources) will discuss family leave options at the College.
How Do We Practice What We Preach: A Conversation Across Difference
Thursday, Nov. 8, 3:00-5:00 p.m. | Alumni Hall in the Education Building | Open to faculty, must RSVP to Alison Piepmeier to reserve a spot
This will be a discussion by and for scholars who are engaged in interdisciplinary teaching that addresses social justice issues. This kind of teaching is rewarding, but it offers particular challenges: how do we teach outside our disciplinary expertise? How do we deal with highly charged issues (and emotions) in the classroom? How do we connect the classroom with the larger world?
The conversation will be led by Darlene Clark Hine, Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, and co-facilitated by Alison Piepmeier, director of Women's and Gender Studies, and Conseula Francis, director of African American Studies. To reserve a spot at the table, email Alison Piepmeier by Nov. 1. Please let us know questions that you would like to be part of the conversation.
Sponsored by the Women's and Gender Studies Program and the Center for Faculty Development.
Third Thursdays: What's the Deal with Men?
Nov. 15, 11:30-1:00 p.m. | Blacklock House, 18 Bull St. | Free and open to the public
This year the Women's and Gender Studies Program sponsors Third Thursdays, a monthly series of conversational salons. Faculty, staff, and students from the College of Charleston are invited to join with members of the Charleston community to discuss feminism, faculty research, and what Women's and Gender Studies actually involves.
Our second gathering will feature Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal (see below for more information).
What Is Black Male Feminism? A public lecture by Mark Anthony Neal
Nov. 15, 7:00 p.m. | Avery Center auditorium, 125 Bull St. | Free and open to the public
MARK ANTHONY NEAL is the author of four books, What the Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture (1998), Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic (2002), Songs in the Keys of Black Life: A Rhythm and Blues Nation (2003) and New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity (2005). Neal is also the co-editor (with Murray Forman) of That’s the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader (2004). Neal's essays have been anthologized in more than half-a-dozen books, including the 2004 edition of the acclaimed series Da Capo Best Music Writing, edited by Mickey Hart. Neal is Associate Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Program in African and African American Studies and Director of the Institute for Critical U.S. Studies (ICUSS) at Duke University.
Part of the WGS Black Guys and White Guys series.
SPRING 2007
I Am Beautiful
Arnold Hall in the Jewish Studies Building | January 18, 2007 | Free and open to the public
Woody Winfree's mission is simple: to create a world in which every woman and girl can proudly proclaim, "I Am Beautiful!"
How do we redefine feminine beauty to make it more inclusive? How do we combat the damaging media messages and distorted cultural ideals about women and beauty? How do we show our daughters, sisters, friends, mothers and grandmothers the power in naming their own beauty? Self-acceptance is the first step. That is what the I Am Beautiful Project is all about: self-esteem through self-discovery.
Vagina Monologues
Physician's Auditorium | College of Charleston | February 16, 2007 | 7:00 p.m.| $20 community, $12 students, $10 students with donation of school supplies, women's clothing, or women's packaged underwear
Directed by Lauren Wilson, with student performers. All proceeds benefit People Against Rape and the YWCA of Greater Charleston. Special midnight performance at Simons Center 220.
V-Day week at CofC
College of Charleston | Feb. 12-16, 2007| Free and open to the public
These events, planned in conjunction with the campus performance of The Vagina Monologues, are meant to raise awareness about violence against women and demand that it end.
- The Clothesline Project. Interactive art project for students and faculty in honor of abused women. Monday-Friday, 10-4, Cougar Plaza.
- “These Hands Won’t Hurt,” interactive male anti-abuse campaign. Expression of solidarity with the female anti-violence campaign. Monday-Friday, 10-4, Cougar Plaza.
- Vagina Valentines: Come decorate a Valentine for your sweetheart or friend. Paper Valentines $1, cookie valentines $2. Monday-Friday, 10-4, Cougar Plaza.
Films for Reproductive Choice
Various locations | January-February 2007 | Students free, donations accepted from community
Monday, January 22, The Abortion Diaries with director/producer Penny Lane, Circular Church, 7 pm
Wednesday, February 7, The Last Abortion Clinic (a PBS Frontline documentary), with presentation following by Lindsay Siler (PPHS Public Affairs Department) on Planned Parenthood's Prevention First Initiative, Historic Charleston Foundation, 7 pm
Wednesday, February 21, Vera Drake, Physicians Auditorium on the College of Charleston campus, 7 pm
Sponsored by Friends of Planned Parenthood of the Lowcountry, Planned Parenthood Young Advocates, WGS, and CofC VOX.
"Women, Grace, and Spirituality in Three Food Films," a public lecture by Maggie McFadden
Stern Center 206 , College of Charleston | Feb. 26, 2007 | 7:00 p.m.| Free and open to the public
Maggie McFadden is professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University. Her publications include Feminist Politics, Activism, and Vision: Local and Global Challenges, and Golden Cables of Sympathy: The Transatlantic Sources of Nineteenth Century Feminism.
Women's History Month 2007
The Life and Times of Sara Baartman, "The Hottentot Venus"
Addlestone Library, room 227 | March 19, 2007 | 7 p.m. | Free and open to the public
This award-winning film documents the fascinating and tragic story of a woman who became the icon of sexual and racial inferiority in 19th century Britain and America. Sara Baartman was a Khoi Khoi woman who was taken from her home in South Africa and exhibited as a freak, "The Hottentot Venus," across Britain. Until 1985, Baartman's sexual organs and brain were exhibited in the Musee de l'Homme in Paris.
Cosponsored by the Addlestone Library.
"Curiosa in Motion: The Films of Janie Geiser," a public lecture by Melinda Barlow
Addlestone Library, room 227 | March 26, 2007 | 7 p.m. | Free and open to the public
.jpg)
Image from the Janie Geiser film Lost Motion (1999).
This talk will explore the work of internationally renowned collage animator and miniature theatre artist Janie Geiser. Geiser’s short films utilize antique toys,swatches of fabric, old photographs and other bits of decaying ephemera to create self-contained worlds reminiscent of "moving Joseph Cornell boxes." Often featuring female figures and frequently concerned with issues of memory, loss, identity, and desire, these extraordinary films forge a unique form of feminism that might be described as a kind of "Cornell for girls." This presentation will include screenings of two of Geiser’s most evocative works—The Secret Story (1996) and Lost Motion (1999), and will help create a context for understanding Geiser’s work.
Cosponsored by the Addlestone Library.
Brown-Bag Seminar on Women's History-- "Uncharitable Tongues: Women, Language, and Power in Modern Irish History."
Stern Center 201 | March 28, 2007 | 12-1:15 p.m. | Free and open to the public
Cara Delay, assistant professor of History at the College of Charleston, will share her research in a presentation called "Uncharitable Tongues: Women, Language, and Power in Modern Irish History." Bring your lunch and join us to find out what's hot in women's history.
"Kate Bornstein: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us"
R.S. Smalls Building Auditorium | April 10, 2007 | 7 p.m. | Free and open to the public
Kate Bornstein is an author, playwright, and performance artist, with well-known (and widely taught) books, including Gender Outlaw and Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws. She's also a male-to-female transsexual and a lesbian who talks about the ways in which her own identity challenges our society's traditional gender system. She's interested in providing support for students who feel that they don't fit in (LGBT teens are much more likely to commit suicide that their straight peers) and in educating any student who is confused about what "LGBT" means and what it means to be a transgender person.
A New York Times reviewer said of her, “In an age of often hostilely expressed gender politics, Ms. Bornstein gently leads audiences through her own psychic labyrinth without antagonism. She is sweet, sincere, lucid and sometimes as corny as Kansas in August. She really should have her own television show.”
My Life as a Girl reception
Avery Center | April 11, 2007 | 6 p.m. | By invitation only
Women and the Political Process--Creating Momentum for Future Leaders
Saturday, June 16 | 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Reception 4-5 p.m. | Tate Center for Entrepreneurship on the College of Charleston campus | $45 includes lunch, breaks, and reception | $25 for students
Mark your calendar for a workshop on how to gain entry into politics and navigate the political process. The Center for Women, the League of Women Voters and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program of the College of Charleston have teamed up to present a comprehensive, full-day program from leading experts. Hear from experienced professionals who work on political campaigns and from women who have successfully run for office. Workshops include: the Fundamentals of Running a Campaign, Pathways into Politics, Fundraising, and Crafting Your Message.
Our keynote speaker will be Inez Tenebaum. As Superintendent of Education, Inez was the sole woman elected at the state level from 1998 to 2006. During her political career, Inez has run for Lieutenant Governor and was the Democratic candidate for retiring Fritz Hollings’s U.S. Senate seat.
To register, visit www.c4women.org.
FALL 2006
Girls, Girls, Girls
Redux Contemporary Art Center (136 St. Philips St) | August 25, 2006, 7:00 p.m. | $5 admission
Fundraiser art event to benefit the Charleston Magdalene House. Complimentary wine and food. The Charleston Magdalene House will provide two years of free housing, counseling, job training and other important services to women in the Charleston area who have histories of prostitution and drug abuse. This event is organized by the Dinner Partiers of Charleston, a group of young women who are committed to social justice and the advancement of women locally and globally.
Women's Equality Day Event
Maybank Hall, rm 100, CofC campus | August 28, 2006, 7:00 p.m. | free and open to the public
Women have made great gains in the fight for equality, but there is still a fundamental perception that women and girls are not equal to men and boys. The movie "Women's Rights" introduces you to strong women who overcame violence, exploitation and discrimination and took action. After the film, panelists Jennet Robinson Alterman, Constance Anastopoulo, Laura Lageman, Dot Scott, and Janet Segal will discuss women's rights locally and nationally. Voter registration materials will be available. Sponsored by CofC WGS, Planned Parenthood Health Systems, Inc, the Charleston NAACP, and the Lowcountry Women Vote Coalition.
Plan B Party
Yo Burrito | September 13, 2006, 4-7 p.m. | open to the public
With the recent news of the FDA's approval of over-the-counter status of Plan B (emergency contraception), many of us in WGS felt a need for celebration! In honor of the recognition of health over politics, WGS minor Margaret Pilarski has put together an informal gathering for any and all on Wednesday, September 13th, from 4-7 at Yo Burrito on Wentworth St. There will be healthy mexican munchies and happy hour specials. It's a drop-in style event and we'd love to see (and meet!) you all. Please feel free to bring other guests!
Bitchfest: Why Responding to Pop Culture Is Important to Feminism"
College of Charleston campus | September 18, 2006, 7:00 p.m. | Avery Center, 125 Bull Street | free and open to the public
Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler are founders of the magazine Bitch: A Feminist Response to Pop Culture and of the forthcoming book Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine. Bitch is a widely-read young feminist magazine that uses incisive critical thinking and humor to address the sexism in mainstream media, music, and literature. Its edgy title is intentional: Jervis and Zeisler explain that they are reclaiming a word that is used to denigrate and silence outspoken, assertive women. In this lecture, Jervis and Zeisler will share their insights into pop culture from ten years on the front lines as feminist critics. Cosponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Communication Department, CofC NOW, and the Department of English.
SPRING 2006
Vagina Monologues
Stern Center Ballroom , College of Charleston | February 23-24, 2006 | 7:00 p.m.| $12 students, $20 community
Directed by Susan Kattwinkel, with student performers and special guests Jennet Robinson Alterman and Elmira Raven. All proceeds go to the Center for Women and My Sister’s House.
V-Day week at CofC
College of Charleston | Feb. 20-24, 2006 | Free and open to the public
These events, planned in conjunction with the campus performance of The Vagina Monologues, are meant to raise awareness about violence against women and demand that it end.
- The Clothesline Project, Monday and Tuesday February 20-21. Interactive art project for students and faculty in honor of abused women. Cougar Plaza.
- “These Hands Won’t Hurt,” interactive male anti-abuse campaign Monday through Wednesday, February 20-22. Expression of solidarity with the female anti-violence campaign. Cougar Plaza.
- “Virgin Territories: Virginity and Virginity Loss in Contemporary America (and the College of Charleston),” a brown-bag lunch with Laura Carpenter, assistant professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University and author of Virginity Lost. Feb. 24, noon. Third Floor conference room of the Jewish Studies Building.
"Can I Be a Feminist and... (shave, be religious, get married, be prolife)?" A public lecture by Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner
Alumni Hall , College of Charleston | March 14, 2006 | 7:00 p.m.| Free and open to the public
Cosponsored by New Morning Foundation, VOX, CofC NOW, the English Department, Amnesty International, and the Cougar Activities Board
Field trip to see Toni Morrison
Charlotte, NC | April 19, 2006 | $32.75
FALL 2005
The Pollitzer Sisters: Charleston's Iron Jawed Angels
A Dramatic Reading
Recital Hall, Simons Fine Arts Center, College of Charleston
Thursday, August 25 | 7:00 p.m. | FREE
This reading was conceived and adapted from the letters and papers of the Pollitzer sisters by Carole Bennett, directed by Sheri Grace Wenger and features veteran actors Anne H. Fox, Hope Gazes Grayson, Robin Shuler and Steve Lepre.
- Sponsored by the College of Charleston Women's and Gender Studies Program and the Charleston Center for Women
- Cosponsored by the College of Charleston History Department and Jewish Studies Program.
- A Special Event to Celebrate Women’s Equality Day
Spring 2005
Can you imagine "Life without Choice" ? ... a woman's life without Roe v Wade
Saturday, January 22, 2005, at 7 pm | Physicians Auditorium, College of Charleston | Tickets $25 at the door or present college / student ID for free admission |A reception will follow the presentation
Presented by Friends of Planned Parenthood of Charleston, College of Charleston Women's Studies Program, and College of Charleston VOX.
- Dr. Judith Wittner, professor of women's studies at Loyola University, remembers "Jane,"the underground railroad that provided transportation to extralegalabortion providers in the '60s.
- Mildred S. Hanson, MD, ob/gyn in practice pre-Roe, tells of her experiences in emergency rooms treating victims of botched illegal abortions.
- Dr. Laura Woliver, professor of Political Science at USC, speaks on the status of reproductive rights in South Carolina.
- Brian Lewis, Public Policy Director, PPHS, speaks on PPFA's tactical plans
to ensure access to safe abortions if Roe is overturned, and what you can do to save Roe.
The Vagina Monologues 2005
Thursday, Feb. 10, 8:00 pm | Saturday, Feb. 12, 8:00 pm | Sunday, Feb. 13, 3:00 pm
Physicians Auditorium, College of Charleston |Tickets $10
Presented by the College of Charleston. Tickets available at the door and in advance at:
- Manifest Discs and Tapes (Orleans Road in West Ashley)
- Cat's Music (Folly Road and Wando Crossing in Mt. Pleasant)
- Port City Java (both downtown locations)
Exhibit: The Art of Diversity Among Women
On exhibit from Thursday, March 3 - Friday, April 1 at the MUSC Harper Student Center Gallery, 45 Courtenay Drive. For more information call (843) 792-2146.
Presented by The Medical University of South Carolina,The College of Charleston Women's Studies Program,and The Charleston Center for Women.
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 3
5:00-7:00 pm, FREE
Featuring many of Charleston's finest artists, including:
- Susan Romaine
- Betty Anglin Smith
- Shannon Smith
- Jennifer Smith Rogers
- Sally Cade
- Hilarie Lambert
- Carol McGill
- Beth McLean
- Ann Lee Merrill
- Leslie Pratt-Thomas
- Claire Farrell
- Sue Stewart
- Susie Callahan
- Lese Corrigan
- Carol Simmons
- Anne Darby Parker
- Dorothy Wright
- Linda Fantuzzo
- Margaret Peterson
- Elayna Shakur
- Beki Crowell
- Rhett Thurman
- Eva Carter
- Mary White
- Karen Hagan
- Sally Smith
- Kat Hastie
The Pollitzer Sisters: Charleston's Iron Jawed Angels
A Dramatic Reading
Monday, March 21, 2005, 7 pm | Black Box Theatre, Simons Fine Arts Center | 54 St. Phillip Street, College of Charleston | Free and open to the public
Presented by The Medical University of South Carolina,The College of Charleston Women's Studies Program,and The Charleston Center for Women.
Anita, Carrie, and Mabel Pollitzer were native Charlestonians who changed the course of history for women both in our community and the country. Learn all about their groundbreaking accomplishments and hear their words as they describe what drove them to work tirelessly for the disenfranchised.
Southern Ladies, New Women: Black and White Club Women in Turn-of-the-Century South Carolina
Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 7 pm | Alumni Hall (2nd floor, Randolph Hall) | College of Charleston |free and open to the public
Presented by The College of Charleston Women's Studies Program.
A public talk by Professor Joan Marie Johnson, author of Southern Ladies, New Women: Race, Region, and Clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930.
Mrs. Stanton and Susan: The lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Thursday, March 31, 2005, 7 pm | Physicians Auditorium | College of Charleston | free and open to the public
A One-Woman Performance Presented by The Medical University of South Carolina along with The College of Charleston Women's Studies Program,Department of English, and Department of Political Science.
Actor and writer Miriam Reed stars in a two-part play which recreates, in their own words, the lives of key 19th century suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
Miriam Reed holds a Ph.D from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is the author of Margaret Sanger: Her Life in her Words. An accomplished actor, she has taught English composition and rhetoric and oral presentation skills and travels with her one-woman performances, which also include pieces about Margaret Sanger, Louisa May Alcott, and Oscar Wilde.
Fall 2004
Iron-Jawed Angels
August 26, 2004; 7:00 pm | Physicians Auditorium, CofC Campus |FREE and open to the public
On August 26, 1920 women in America were given the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. On August 26, 2004 the women of our community are invited to a special film performance to commemorate and celebrate our right to full participation in our political process.
IRON JAWED ANGELS (HBO Films) recounts for a contemporary audience a key chapter in U.S. history: in this case, the struggle of suffragists who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. Focusing on the two defiant women, Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and Lucy Burns (Frances O'Connor), the film shows how these activists broke from the mainstream women's-rights movement and created a more radical wing, daring to push the boundaries of political protest to secure women's voting rights in 1920. Breathing life into the relationshipsbetween Paul, Burns and others, the movie makes the women feellike complete characters instead of one-dimensional figures from a distant past. Although the protagonists have different personalities and backgrounds - Alice is a Quaker and Lucy an Irish Brooklynite - they are united in their fierce devotion to women's suffrage. In a country dominated by chauvinism, this is no easy fight, as the women and their volunteers clash with older, conservative activists, particularly Carrie Chapman Catt (Angelica Huston). They also battle public opinion in a tumultuous time of war, not to mention the most powerful men in the country, including President Woodrow Wilson (Bob Gunton). Along the way, sacrifices are made: Alice gives up a chance for love, and colleague Inez Mulholland (Julia Ormond) gives up her life. The women are thrown in jail, with an ensuing hunger strike making headline news. The women's resistance to being force-fed earns them the nickname "The Iron Jawed Angels." However, it is truly their wills that are made of iron, and their courage inspires a nation and changes it forever.
Co-sponsored by: Lowcountry Women Vote Coalition*, Women's Studies Program at College of Charleston and Skirt magazine.
_______________________________________________
*Lowcountry Women Vote is a coalition of the following organizations:
American Association of University Women
Center for Women
Charleston Chapter of Hadassah
The Charleston Chapter of The Links, Inc.
Charleston NOW/52%
Continental Societies, Inc.
Junior League of Charleston
League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area
Women Making a Difference
YWCA of Greater Charleston, Inc.
Ann Telnaes
September 14, 2004, at 7:00 pm | Simons Center Recital Hall | The event is free and open to the public.
Pulitzer Prize-winning feminist political cartoonist Ann Telnaes will speak at the College of Charleston on September 14, 2004, at 7:00 pm in the Simons Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information about Ann Telnaes and to see samples of her work, visit her website at http://www.anntelnaes.com/
Women & Politics Panel Discussion
September 22, at 7 p.m.| College of Charleston Education Center Room 118 | The event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Charleston Area League of Women Voters. Discussion will draw on panelists’ personal and professional experience on issues related to women’s role in politics—from voting to running for office.
Did you know?
- Fact: Women are experts about childcare, healthcare, and educating their children, yet they do not translate their know how to voting and supporting candidates.
- Fact: There are over 36 million women of voting age nationwide who are not registered to vote.
- Fact: In the 2000 presidential election, only 37% of women aged 20-24 reported voting.
- Fact: South Carolina ranks last nationwide in the number of women in elective office.
- Fact: More women are registered to vote than men in the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester region. The percentage of registered voters who actually vote, however, is virtually the same, regardless of sex.
Fact: Voter participation in the BCD region has dropped from 77.7% in the 1992 general election to 63.2% in 2000 to 57.8% in 2002.
You and your friends are cordially invited to attend and participate in a discussion on how to engage women to take a stronger role in the political process. This social and informative event will launch another full year of activities for the Charleston Area League. Refreshments and voter registration opportunities will be available. Need more info? Please call the LWV at 216-3550 or e-mail vote@charleston.sc.lwv.org.
Participants:
- Lynne Ford-Chairwoman, College of Charleston Political Science Department
- Marguerite Archie-Hudson-Instructor, College of Charleston Political Science Department, and former elected official in California
- Cindy Floyd-Attorney and former Charleston County Councilwoman
Carol Rice-City of Isle of Palms Councilwoman - Jane Barr-former LWVCA president and former candidate for Charleston City Council
Get the Facts on DATING & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Because Love Isn’t Supposed to Hurt
September 30th, 2004 – 7:00 p.m.| Bethel United Methodist Church on Pitt & Calhoun Street | The event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Sponsored by Chi Omega Fraternity Greek Life & College of Charleston SGA. Speaker: Jan Langbein.
Jan feels that “Each of us has the opportunity and the obligation to reach out and help create a change – to help break the generational cycle of family violence”. DON’T MISS this fantastic and possibly “once in a lifetime” opportunity to become informed regarding dating & domestic violence. The information may result in your helping someone you love.
Professional Women's Forum
October 20, 2004; 7:00 pm | Education Center 118, CofC Campus | The event is free and open to the public.
The Women's Studies Program invites all interested students (especially Women's Studies minors and students enrolled in WMST 200: Introduction to Women's Studies ) to come meet and chat with professional women from the Charleston community. The professional women panelists will discuss their careers, ways that they balance their work and personal lives, the special pressures on women professionals, and other related topics. There will be plenty of time for questions and to chat personally with the panelists afterwards. Milk and cookies will be provided.
Linda Borish, “Jewish Women and Sport History”
October 28, 2004; 7:00 pm | Maybank Hall 317, CofC Campus|FREE and open to the public
Sponsored by the History Department and the Women's Studies Program.
Professor David Sabean, “Marital Discourse in Europe and America from the Baroque to the Romantics”
November 15 , 2004; 7:00 pm | Simmons Center 309, CofC Campus |FREE and open to the public.
Sponsored by the College of Charleston History Department and the Women's Studies Program.
Professor Sabean is the author of several innovative works that bridge the gap between social history and cultural anthropology, including Power in the Blood: Popular Culture and Village Discourse in Early Modern Germany (Cambridge, 1984), Property, Production and Family in Neckarhausen, 1700-1870 (Cambridge, 1990), and Kinship in Neckarhausen 1700-1870 (Cambridge, 1998). His most recent work attempts to rethink the categories of an earlier generation of social historians through more recent notions from cultural studies. He argues for the analytical usefulness of "kinship" and "class" for European history and suggests that rethinking both in terms of gender refits them for fresh ways of seeing historical issues. Sabean is now currently working on two projects: a study of narrativity in bureaucratic writing and a comparative analysis of marital discourse in Europe and America since the sixteenth century.