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Events:
2008 Michigan
Women's Studies Association Annual Conference
Call for Proposals
Deadline:
January 18, 2008
This conference
seeks a diversity of presenters--activists, academicians, students, and
nonprofit professionals--who study issues related to women and gender.
Presentations may include individual papers, panels, and workshops, as
well as a poster session for undergraduates on topics supporting the
theme "Raising Our Voices: Power, Politics, and Gender." These topics
may include enhancing the position of women in U.S. electoral politics;
new ways of combating domestic violence; still fighting for equal rights
for the LGTB community; fresh thinking on understanding the intersection
of race, class, and gender; and the lack of women and girls in the
fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.
Registration
materials, program information, and electronic proposal forms are
available at
www.emich.edu/wstudies/mwsa. All presenters must be registered for
the conference. A modest fee will cover most meals. Student scholarships
are available. For more information contact Assistant Coordinator
Elizabeth Comer at ecomer@emich.edu
or Coordinator Linda Pritchard at
linda.pritchard@emich.edu.
Opening Reception for "Ladies of
the Lights: Michigan Women in the Lighthouse Service"
Saturday, January 19, 2008
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Talk to the last living lady
lighthouse keeper Frances Marshall and hear Cindy Krueger recount the
story of researching her ancestor--Michigan's first female keeper,
Catherine Shook--at the opening of this new exhibit honoring the 50
women who served as keepers at Michigan lights from 1849 through 1954.
Free tours of the museum and refreshments will also be part of the
celebration!
Exhibits:
The Michigan Women’s
Hall of Fame
The Hall
of Fame features more than 200 historical and
contemporary women of Michigan who have been
inducted since 1983. This permanent exhibit
offers introductions to and highlights of each of these women.
"Votes for Women"
This returning exhibit chronicles the history of the
women's suffrage movement. You'll be introduced to national leaders such
as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton as well as Michigan women
who figured prominently in the movement, including May Stocking Knaggs
(Bay City), Anna Howard Shaw (Big Rapids), and Sojourner Truth (Battle
Creek). Among the many interesting artifacts is a copy of the Women's
Century Calendar dated 1900 which is signed by Anthony.
"Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service"
January 14-June 27, 2008
Lighthouse keeping in the 19th and early 20th
centuries was a rugged life of long hours and hard work punctuated by
periods of real peril. Not a profession for the faint-hearted, it was
thought to be unsuitable employment for the “fairer sex.”
But at least 50 women in Michigan proved the naysayers wrong.
Acting as both assistants and full-fledged keepers, these women
served the sailing community with distinction for more than 100
years—often juggling their official duties with the demands of raising a
family. And more than one woman gave her life while
in the Lighthouse
Service. Stirring stories of dedication and
determination may be found in this new exhibit, as well as hands-on
activities for young and old!
"The Paintings of Marlee Brown"
November 17, 2007-January 7, 2008
A native of
northern Michigan who now spends part of every year on Mackinac Island,
Marlee Brown has studied her craft in environments as far flung as the
Scottsdale Artist School in Arizona and the En Plein Air School of
Painting in Paris. Working in oils, she proclaims, "Color is my passion.
It is my first reaction to the world and my first responsibility to my
art. Only color moves me like the white birches do as they poetically
reach across the cerulean sky and rhythmically divide the cobalt water."
"Painted Music"
January 27-March 28, 2008
Artist and
educator Edee Joppich leads a group of women painters from the Visual Art
Association of Livonia in exploring the use of watercolors to describe
another art form: music. |
