Women's Studies

May 2005 Women's Studies Newsletter
May 2005 Women's Studies Newsletter

This May 2005 Women's Studies Department newsletter includes news of Dickinson events, students, professors, and alumni.

Date: May 2005
All terms: 2000-2009, Central Pennsylvania Consortium, President's Commission for Women, Take Back the Night, Winterich, Julie, Women's Center, Women's rights movement, Women's Studies, Zatae Longsdorff Center for Women
The Sentinel reports on Dickinson professors at conference on women
Sentinel article on China Women's conference

This article from the September 22, 1995 edition of The Carlisle Sentinel reports on Dickinson professors Amy Farrell and Susan Rose's experiences at the fourth World Conference on Women in China.

Date: September 22, 1995
All terms: 1990-1999, Activism, Carlisle Sentinel, Farrell, Amy, Rose, Susan, Women's rights movement, Women's Studies
Dickinson Professors at Forum on Women in Beijing
Dickinson at NGO Forum article

In the September 21, 1995 Dickinsonian, Chris Zubowicz reported on the Non-Governmental Organizations Forum on Women held at the Olympic Stadium in Beijing and the experiences of the two Dickinson Professors, Amy Farrell and Susan Rose, who attended.

Date: September 21, 1995
All terms: 1990-1999, Activism, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian, Farrell, Amy, Rose, Susan, Women's rights movement, Women's Studies, Zubowicz, Chris
Student Complains about Lack of News Coverage
Hannah Fretz Letter to Editor

In this letter to the editor in the April 29, 1993 edition of The Dickinsonian, Hannah Fretz, '94, complains about the lack of coverage of Women's History Week and the Women's Studies Conference other than two photographs in a paper filled with more trivial news.

Date: April 29, 1993
All terms: 1990-1999, Dickinsonian, Fretz, Hannah, Gregory, Bettina, Morgan, Robin, Women's History Week, Women's Studies, Women's Studies, Women's Studies Conference
"Adios, Barbie" Talk by Ophira Edut
Ophira Edut Talk Pamphlet

As part of Body Appreciation Week '07, Dickinson hosted Ophira Edut, author of Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image, as well as a national speaker, activist and entrepreneur, to
give a talk on positive self-image,
held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on February 7, 2007.

Date: February 7, 2007
All terms: 2000-2009, Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Body Appreciation Week, Body image, Delta Nu, Division of Student Life Health and Wellness Committee, Eating disorders, Edut, Ophira, Health Center, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life, PALS, Panhellenic Association, Pi Beta Phi, Student Activities, Women's Studies, Zatae Longsdorff Center for Women
Poetry Reading by Beth Frost
Beth Frost Poetry Reading Poster

The Women's Studies Program and English Department sponsored Beth Frost, professor at Fordham University and former-Dickinson College English and Women's Studies professor, to do a reading of her own poetry on April 11, 1997 in Memorial Hall.

Date: April 11, 1997
All terms: 1990-1999, English Department, Frost, Beth, Literary Publications, Memorial Hall, Women's Studies, Women's Studies Speakers
Talk and Reading by Margaret Starbird
Margaret Starbird Talk Poster

The Women's Studies Program and the Religious Affairs Office sponsored a talk and reading by Margaret Starbird, entitled "Was Jesus Married?" which looked at her book The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail.  The talk was held on April 2, 1997 in the Hartman Alumni House.

Date: April 2, 1997
All terms: 1990-1999, Hartman Alumni House, Religion and spirituality, Religious Affairs Office, Starbird, Margaret, Women's Studies, Women's Studies Speakers
Talk on Sexual Enslavement during World War II

A lecture was given by Christopher Simpson on March 25, 1997 in Weiss Center for the Arts about "Comfort Women" who were victims of sexual enslavement during World War II.  The talk accompanied an exhibit in the Trout Gallery on the same subject.  The talk was sponsored by the Sociology, History, and Anthropology Departments, the Women's Studies and International Studies Programs, the Clarke Center, the Commission on the Status of Women, and the Trout Gallery.

Date: March 25, 1997
All terms: 1990-1999, Anthropology Department, Clarke Center, History Department, International Studies, Sexual assault, Sexual behavior, Simson, Christopher, Sociology Department, Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts, Women's rights movement, Women's Studies, Women's Studies Speakers
February 1997 Lectures on Women's Studies
February Lectures poster

The Women's Studies program sponsored two lectures in February of 1997.  One was given by Kristen Miller, a doctoral student of sociology at the University of Delaware, on lesbian identity, and the other was given by Barbara Ozieblo, a professor of American Literature at the University of Malaga, on feminism in Spain.

Date: February 20 and 24, 1997
All terms: 1990-1999, Denny Hall, Miller, Kristen, Ozieblo, Barbara, Sexual orientation, Women's rights movement, Women's Studies, Women's Studies Speakers
Talk on Women's Political Issues
Freeman Talk News Release

The Women's Studies Program and the Clarke Center sponsored Jo Freeman, a
noted author, speaker  and political activist, to speak on women's
political issues in a talk titled, "Feminism vs. Family values: Women in
the Democratic and Republican Parties."  The talk took pace in Memorial
Hall on December 4, 1996.

Date: December 4, 1996
All terms: 1990-1999, Clarke Center, Freeman, Jo, Memorial Hall, politics, Women's rights movement, Women's Studies, Women's Studies Speakers