March is Women’s History Month, and the UTC Center for Women and Gender Equity will honor and celebrate women’s contributions to history. “This is just a great time to talk and highlight the historical context of what does it mean to be where we are today as women and how did we get here?” said Lauren Ouwerkerk, associate director of WaGE and the Prism Center.
Due Credit: Women’s History Month highlights forgotten contributions
“Recognizing and highlighting women that you don’t hear about often.”
Honoring Women’s History Month at UTC
Women’s History Month Events It started as “Women’s History Week” in 1982. Now expanded to Women’s History Month, it celebrates and honors the achievements and struggles of American women. Below are listings for the virtual and in-person events taking place at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga throughout March. Interested in learning more about local…
One-woman show on Fannie Lou Hamer scheduled in the University Center Auditorium
Tribute to black activist Fannie Lou Hamer performed Tuesday by the playwright.
UTC Herstory: Trailblazing women, fun facts and more
With the help of UTC Library Special Collections, we’ve rounded up these interesting facts you didn’t know about women’s history at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Women’s History Month at UTC
Bringing students, their different viewpoints and different messages together was the driving force behind planning for the month’s events. Check out the full lineup of Women’s History Month events.
Local Author Susan Gregg Gilmore to visit Campus
The event will take place on Tuesday, March 29 with a reception of light refreshments at 5:30 P.M. and the presentation beginning at 6:00 P.M. in the Southern Writer’s Room, 4th floor of the Library.
Women’s History Month features hip-hop and gender
Hip-hop and gender are at the center of Dr. Regina Bradley’s talk, “‘SpottieOttie that Was Shawty’: Pleasure Politics in the Hip Hop South,” on Thursday, March 3, Multicultural Center.
Women’s History Month Speaker Series
Reflecting, Re-envisioning, Renewing: Women’s Studies After 45 Years. Join UTC’s Women’s Studies department in celebrating Women’s History Month with a series of talks every Monday night for the month of February.
Lecture: “Between Race and Nation: Shirley Chisholm and National Politics.”
The Department of History will host the lecture, “Between Race and Nation: Shirley Chisholm and National Politics” by Dr. Anastasia Curwood (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2003) of Emory University. Chisolm was the first African American woman to be elected to the United States Congress.