[321] Women's History Month Covers Past, Present, Future

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 22, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH COVERS PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Gloria Steinem Tops Jam-packed Calendar of Events for Annual MTSU Celebration

(MURFREESBORO) – “History, Change and the Future” is the theme of the 2010 National Women’s History Month (NWHM) celebration at MTSU with conversation, scholarship and a national headliner on the agenda.
Gracing the button worn by NWHM champions this year is feminist Gloria Steinem, who will deliver the keynote address at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building (JUB). A reception and book signing will follow.
“Women During World War II,” a presentation by Drs. Jan Leone and Nancy Rupprecht of the Department of History, is slated for 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, in Dining Room C of the JUB.
During MTSU’s annual Scholars Week, March 22-26, the Women’s Studies Program will concentrate on “Celebrating Women as Scholars.” Panels of faculty and students will tackle a different related topic each day, culminating in the Women’s Studies Research Series lecture “Daring Girls, Sensitive Boys, and Everything in Between: Teaching Gender Construction in Children’s Literature” by Dr. Jennifer Marchant, associate professor of English, at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, in Room 100 of the JUB.
Dr. Diana Bilimoria, professor of organizational behavior at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, will deliver a lecture at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 29, in the Monohan Hall classroom and guide a student workshop at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30, in Room N109 of the Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building.
Bilimoria served as a co-principal investigator on a five-year ADVANCE award from the National Science Foundation to advance women faculty in the sciences and engineering during 2003-2008. Her executive education and teaching activities focus on executive leadership, emotional intelligence, and gender, diversity and inclusion in organizations.
National Women’s History Month activities extend into April with “Safety Awareness Day” slated for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 7, on the Keathley University Center (KUC) knoll.
The Women’s Studies Research Series lectures will conclude with “That’s not a beer bong, it’s a breast pump!”: Representations of Breast-Feeding in Prime-Time Fictional Television” by Dr. Katherine Foss, assistant professor of journalism, from 3-4

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p.m. on Thursday, April 15, in the SunTrust Room (N127) of the Business and Aerospace Building.
On Tuesday, April 20, members of the campus community will be encouraged to wear red in observance of “Equity Pay Day” from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on the KUC knoll. The color red symbolizes how women and minorities are still “in the red” due to inequitable wages and salaries.
For a complete calendar of events and more details on National Women’s History Month, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/jawc/nwhm.shtml or call the June Anderson Women’s Center at 615-898-2193. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated by sponsoring organizations.