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This Issue: Program Changes Women and Aging Take Back the Night World March 2000 Deborah Tannen Eleanor Roosevelt Drag Kings Journal Debut From the Director: A Room of Our Own Past Newsletters: Fall 1997 Spring 1998 Fall 1998 Spring 1999 Fall 1999 Spring 2000 Coming Soon:  The Laughing Medusa Our sister publication. Premiers in Febuary |
Fall 2000
World March of Women 2000
Eager to take part in this important event, members of the George Washington University community organized a delegation to march in support of women and to ensure that the voices of young feminists be heard. With the assistance of the GW Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, students launched a concentrated outreach campaign to spread the word and galvanize feminist activists on campus. About 50 GW graduate and undergraduate students participated in the march and joined thousands of feminists from around the world to demand an end to the continued economic, physical, and emotional violence against women. (Full Article) New Degree Programs Offered in Women's Studies Two new degree programs have been approved to help highly qualified and motivated students with an interest in Women's Studies complete both an M.A. and a B.A. in a five-year period. Also, an undergraduate Women's Studies major was approved this semester. A joint degree program between the GW law school and the Women's Studies program was established in March of 2000. (Full Article) The Women and Aging Conference  On September 22, 2000, 80 women gathered at GWU at Mount Vernon College for the Women and Aging Conference. The conference was the first of its kind, and included an eclectic list of speakers. Judy Norsigian, Program Director of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, delivered the keynote address. Norsigian spoke eloquently on the lack of information on women's health, specifically elderly women, and stressed the need for more research. Other topics of interest were social security, elder abuse, and health care training for personnel to aid the elderly. Dr. Gene Cohen, author of The Creative Age: Awakening human potential in the second half of life, gave an uplifting speech reminding all present of the creative potential in people of all ages. (Full Article) |