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Women's & Gender Studies

Director:

Dr. Alison Piepmeier
Women's & Gender Studies/Department of English

96 Wentworth St. #309
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
843|953|2280
piepmeiera@cofc.edu

 

 

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag."

--Patti Smith

 

Events offered by The Women's and Gender Studies Program

The Women's and Gender Studies Program sponsors various events each semester for students, faculty and staff, and the larger community. We bring nationally-prominent feminist speakers to campus, we host informal gatherings, and we offer field trips to events in other communities.

A current list of programs offered this semester is included below, along with an archive of past events. Note that events are listed in reverse chronological order, so scroll down!

Mrs. Stanton and Susan: The lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

Thursday, March 31, 2005, 7 pm | Physicians Auditorium | College of Charleston | free and open to the public


A One-Woman Performance Presented by The Medical University of South Carolina along with The College of Charleston Women's Studies Program,Department of English, and Department of Political Science.

Actor and writer Miriam Reed stars in a two-part play which recreates, in their own words, the lives of key 19th century suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

Miriam Reed holds a Ph.D from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is the author of Margaret Sanger: Her Life in her Words. An accomplished actor, she has taught English composition and rhetoric and oral presentation skills and travels with her one-woman performances, which also include pieces about Margaret Sanger, Louisa May Alcott, and Oscar Wilde.

Southern Ladies, New Women: Black and White Club Women in Turn-of-the-Century South Carolina

Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 7 pm | Alumni Hall (2nd floor, Randolph Hall) | College of Charleston |free and open to the public


Presented by The College of Charleston Women's Studies Program.

A public talk by Professor Joan Marie Johnson, author of Southern Ladies, New Women: Race, Region, and Clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930.

The Pollitzer Sisters: Charleston's Iron Jawed Angels, A Dramatic Reading

Monday, March 21, 2005, 7 pm | Black Box Theatre, Simons Fine Arts Center | 54 St. Phillip Street, College of Charleston | Free and open to the public


Presented by The Medical University of South Carolina,The College of Charleston Women's Studies Program,and The Charleston Center for Women.

Anita, Carrie, and Mabel Pollitzer were native Charlestonians who changed the course of history for women both in our community and the country. Learn all about their groundbreaking accomplishments and hear their words as they describe what drove them to work tirelessly for the disenfranchised.

Exhibit: The Art of Diversity Among Women

On exhibit from Thursday, March 3 - Friday, April 1 at the MUSC Harper Student Center Gallery, 45 Courtenay Drive. For more information call (843) 792-2146.


Presented by The Medical University of South Carolina,The College of Charleston Women's Studies Program,and The Charleston Center for Women.

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 3
5:00-7:00 pm, FREE

Featuring many of Charleston's finest artists, including:

* Susan Romaine
* Betty Anglin Smith
* Shannon Smith
* Jennifer Smith Rogers
* Sally Cade
* Hilarie Lambert
* Carol McGill
* Beth McLean
* Ann Lee Merrill
* Leslie Pratt-Thomas
* Claire Farrell
* Sue Stewart
* Susie Callahan
* Lese Corrigan
* Carol Simmons
* Anne Darby Parker
* Dorothy Wright
* Linda Fantuzzo
* Margaret Peterson
* Elayna Shakur
* Beki Crowell
* Rhett Thurman
* Eva Carter
* Mary White
* Karen Hagan
* Sally Smith
* Kat Hastie
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