Sneak peek at 31 January 2009 program

Just had word that the 31 January 2009 program in the Huntington Women's Studies Seminars will be about nuns as agents of social change. Exact titles and speakers are still being worked out, but that's the topic--share the news with anyone who might be particularly interested in women and religious life.

November 22: The Promise of Women's Political Leadership

[Image description: Hillary Clinton on a stage during her campaign for the Democratic nomination in 2008; an audience member is holding up a yellow handwritten sign that reads "IRON MY SHIRT"]

Join us at the Huntington Library on Saturday November 22, 9:30am-12noon, for a roundtable discussion on the historic 2008 candidacies of women for the highest offices in the United States.

The Promise of Women Leaders in Politics

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Ellen DuBois
Professor of History and Women’s Studies, UCLA
Author, Through Women’s Eyes: An American History with Documents
Curator, Huntington Exhibit: Votes for Women: Unfinished Business

Caroline Heldman
Assistant Professor of Politics, Occidental College
Co-Author, Rethinking Madame President

Rebecca Loegering
Campaign Semester Student, Politics, Occidental College

Lori Cox Han
Professor of Political Science, Chapman University
Co-Author, Rethinking Madame President

Glenna Matthews
Historian
Author, Running as a Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics

Moderator: Karon Jolna
Chair, Huntington Library Women’s Studies Steering Committee
Research Scholar, UCLA Center for the Study of Women

9:30-10am--Registration
10-12noon--Program
12noon--Lunch

Bring a sack lunch or buy a sandwich lunch ticket at registration (limited supply). We will eat together outdoors on the Garden Terrace, weather permitting.

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.