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Past Events and Meetings
2005: August
2004: August
2003: March May August October
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The Mother of all Midwives
Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 7:00 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College. Sponsored by the Sophia
Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Ina May Gaskin, author of Ina May Gaskin's
Guide to Childbirth, will give a book talk. Ms. Gaskin is sometimes
called the mother of modern midwifery and a co-founder of Midwives Alliance
of North America. Her archives are part of the SSC.
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Shaping History: Chicago Jewish Women in the 20th Century
March 9 - October 31, 2003. Gallery of Chicago Jewish History, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago, IL.
This exhibition features holdings from the Chicago Jewish Archives,
including photographs, documents and artifacts, which trace the history
of Chicago Jewish women from the founding of the National Council of Jewish
Women in 1893 to civil rights activists of the 1960s and politicians of
the 1990s.
Chicago Jewish History Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday 9 am - 5 pm, Friday
9 am - 3 pm, and Sunday by request at the Library's reference desk on the
5th floor. For more information or special tours please call Archivist
Joy Kingsolver at (312) 322-1741.
Gallery of Chicago Jewish History
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
618 South Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60605
http://www.spertus.edu
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Women and Life on Earth
Saturday, March 22, 2003, 2-6 p.m. Alumnae Gym, Level A, Smith College. Sponsored by the Sophia
Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
The Sophia Smith Collection will host a celebration of Women
and Life on Earth, an international ecofeminist and peace organization
whose archives will become part of the SSC. There will be presentations
by writer-activist Grace Paley, scholar-activist Jean Grossholtz, peace
activist Frances Crowe and others, an open mike, and a new cabaret piece
titled "Globalize This!" For more information, contact the Sophia Smith
Collection at www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc.
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Life in the Arts: Women's Experience
Saturday, March 22, 2003. Women in Leadership Archives, Gannon Center, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
The 12th Annual Women's Conference will be held 22 March 2003
at the Women in Leadership Archives, Gannon Center, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO.
This year's topic is "Life in the Arts: Women's Experience." The
featured speaker is Nicole Hollander whose cartoon strip
SYLVIA appears daily and weekly in over 80 newspapers around the country.
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Sanger Tribute
Thursday, May 8, 2003, 4:30 p.m. Alumnae Gym, Level A, Smith College.
Margaret Sanger's grandson, Alex Sanger, will
deliver a lecture to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Planned Parenthood
League of Massachusetts. For more information, contact the Sophia Smith
Collection at www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc. Co-Sponsored by the Sophia
Smith Collection, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Tapestry,
Inc.
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WCRT meeting at the annual SAA Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Friday, August 22, 2003, 4:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m., location TBA
This meeting, open to archivists who have holdings concerning or created by women, will include a lively discussion about upcoming projects and collaboration. To add items to the agenda, please e-mail Kate Colligan, katec@pitt.edu or Ellen Swain, eswain@uiuc.edu
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Gloria Feldt Book Talk
Monday, October 20, 2003, 7:30 p.m., Sophia Smith Collection and College Archives Reading Room, Alumnae Gym
Sponsored by the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Gloria Feldt, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), and longtime reproductive rights activist, will give a talk on her new book, Behind Every Choice is a Story.
For more information on the PPFA Records in the Sophia Smith Collection see "Newly Processed Collections" and view the online finding aid.
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Session brainstorming meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 2-4 p.m., location TBA
Purpose: to discuss session proposal ideas for SAA 2005.
The Roundtable invites ANYONE who is interested in generating session
proposals that involve or highlight women's collections or women's
history. We strongly encourage all who have sought endorsements from
WCRT in the past to join us.
If you are able to make it, please send Kate Colligan a quick email at:
katec@pitt.edu (We need an attendance estimate.)
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WCRT meeting at the annual SAA Conference, Boston, MA
Thursday, August 5, 5:30-7 p.m., location TBA
Open to archivists with holdings concerning or created by women, this meeting will include a lively discussion about upcoming projects and collaboration. To add items to the agenda: Kate Colligan at katec@pitt.edu or Ellen Swain at eswain@uiuc.edu .
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Women's Collections Working Group meeting at the annual SAA conference, New Orleans, LA
Wednesday, August 17, 5-7 p.m., location TBA
Please join us for discussion about the possibility of creating an all day seminar focusing on the administration of women's collections. Session proposals ideas will also be explored for 2006.
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WCRT meeting at the annual SAA Conference, New Orleans, LA
Thursday, August 18, 4-5:30 p.m., location TBA
AGENDA
Brief Introduction, Kate Colligan and Ellen Swain, Co-Chairs WCRT
Business
I. Diversity Committee, Julie Herrada
II. Women's History Publication Opportunity, Anke Voss
III. WCRT Listserv
IV. WCRT Web site update
V. Update on Women's Mapping Project
VI. Update on Working Group Meeting and session proposals
VII. Announcements
Program
Susan Tucker of the Newcomb Center for Research on Women, Tulane University will elaborate on the theme of documenting foodways and its impact on women's lives.
WCRT pages maintained by
Amy Rudersdorf
Last updated: 24 July 2008
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