[Sci-tech-public] June CCW Event: Preserving Women's History at Harvard and Radcliffe

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>>The Committee on the Concerns of Women at Harvard Presents:
>>
>>Preserving Women's History at Harvard and Radcliffe with Nancy Cott
>>
>>Wednesday, June 1, 12:00-1:15 pm
>>Living Room, Cronkhite Graduate Center, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced 
>>Study, 6 Ash Street.
>>Lunch will be served.
>>
>>The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, part of 
>>Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, is one of 
>>the University's treasures. The Schlesinger collects books and 
>>periodicals, manuscripts, photographs, and other archival materials 
>>essential for understanding the lives and activities of women in the 
>>United States. Nancy Cott, Pforzheimer Director of the Schlesinger 
>>Library and Trumbull Professor of American History, will discuss the 
>>forces outside Harvard -- feminism, the peace movement, international 
>>organizations of women, and the advent of World War II -- that led to the 
>>founding of the Women's Archives.
>>
>>  Note: The Schlesinger Library reopened this spring after an extensive 
>> renovation. There will be tours of the library both before and after 
>> Professor Cott's talk available to the first 15 people who sign up in 
>> each time slot. (The Library is a very short walk from the Cronkhite Center.)
>>
>>Tour 1: 11:30 to 12
>>
>>Tour 2: 1:10-1:40
>>
>>
>>RSVP: email ccw at harvard.edu, by Friday, May 27, with the word 
>>"registration" in the subject line. If you would like to participate in a 
>>Schlesinger Library tour, add "Tour 1" or "Tour 2" to the subject line.
>>
>>***
>>
>>About the presenter: Nancy Cott came to Harvard in 2002 from Yale 
>>University, where she taught for 26 years and chaired the Women's Studies 
>>and American Studies programs. A U.S. historian focusing on issues of 
>>women and gender, she helped establish the field of women's history with 
>>her path-breaking 1977 book, The Bonds of Womanhood. Since then, 
>>Professor Cott said, her interests "have been very much at one with the 
>>development of the field, in moving from uncovering women and enabling 
>>the 'inarticulate' to speak to understanding that gender is operative in 
>>all spheres of political, social, cultural life." Her most recent book, 
>>Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation (Harvard University 
>>Press, 2000), investigates ways the personal and the political intersect 
>>in the institution of marriage.
>>
>>Nancy Cott's scholarship has been recognized by fellowships from the 
>>Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the 
>>Charles Warren Center, and others. In addition to the books named above, 
>>her works include The Grounding of Modern Feminism (1987), A Woman Making 
>>History: Mary Ritter Beard through her Letters (1991), and numerous 
>>articles. At Harvard, she teaches in the areas of United States social 
>>history and history of the family.
>>
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Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-253-4062 
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