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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


Major Developments in in the GW Women's Studies Program
Major approved; Two new five-year Joint M.A./B.A Programs; A joint degree program between the GW law school and the Women's Studies program was established in March of 2000.


Women and Aging Conference
On September 22, 2000, 80 women gathered at GWU's Mount Vernon campus for the Women and Aging Conference. The conference, the first of its kind, included an eclectic list of speakers.

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.

Deborah Tannen speaks at GW
Deborah Tannen presented a lecture at GW's Mt. Vernon campus on the night of Friday, November 11, 2000 to a large gathering. Tannen presented some of her extensive body of work on the way women and men
communicate...

Take Back the Night
The annual Take Back the Night march and rally was an emotional roller coaster of anger, sadness and hopeful joy. I was given the forum I have long been seeking, to speak publicly about my rape. I relayed my anger
and determination to a crowd that has felt it all before. Although it was comforting...

The Laughing Medusa Journal Debut
The GW Women's Studies program would like to announce the debut of its new online literary journal. The Medusa will be up and running by February 1st of 2001.

The Drag King Show
It was a wild night on the town as a group of students from Feminist Theory 220 attended a drag king show at Club Chaos in Dupont Circle on November 1. Why would a group of women's studies students attend a drag king show...

The Eleanor Roosevelt and Human Rights Project
The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers is a research center here at George Washington University. The project is a documentary history of Eleanor Roosevelt's political writings and radio and television appearances.

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