COD’s Women’s Studies Committee Schedules Several Events Aligned to the Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
The College of DuPage’s Women’s Studies Committee will host a series of events throughout 2020 celebrating women’s rights and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the law that constitutionally guaranteed women’s right to vote.
COD Humanities Professor Julia diLiberti said the College will offer a broad range of events celebrating women this year.
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“While our activities in 2020 aren’t all about the vote and suffrage, we have tried to make them at least about the conditions in which women worked and lived while also trying to use their voices to shape policies and politics and the way we live them,” said COD Humanities Professor Julia diLiberti. “We also have tried to draw on a variety of disciplines for their connections to the topic: music, sports, culinary arts, political science, film, sociology, interior design, humanities, the Library and information technology all are participating in events designed to educate students and the community on how women’s suffrage has changed political discourse, working conditions and daily life.”
Recognizing March as Women’s History Month, the College will host “The Evolution of Women in Sport: Celebrating 100+ years of Women’s Sport History” at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 5, in the Culinary and Hospitality Center, Room 2001. COD Physical Education Instructor Stephanie Vlach will discuss both the challenges and progress female athletes have made over more than a century, from 1900 when 12 women made history by competing in the Paris Olympics, to the passage of Title IX in 1972, to today’s record female participation in high school sports.
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In conjunction with the presentation, COD culinary students, led by Culinary Professor Tim Meyers, will offer a tasting of foods and desserts that were common in households in 1920, the year the 19th Amendment was ratified.
Larry Ward will present “Bessie Smith and Early Blues Recording,” Friday, March 6, and diLiberti will present “Young, Gifted and Black – Nina Simone,” an examination of the iconic singer’s life and music, Friday, March 13. Both talks will be held at noon in the McAninch Arts Center, Room 140, as part of the College’s Music Fridays @ Noon series.
Additional offerings in March include “Women and the Vote,” featuring academic and artistic work by COD students and faculty from Monday, March 16, to Friday, March 27, in the Techcetera Gallery in the Student Resource Center.
The Library will feature a display on women’s history near the circulation desk in the upper level through the month of March.
With 2020 marking the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment as well as an election year, additional spring programming is particularly timely now, diLiberti said.
“According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 55 percent of women turned out to vote in the 2018 midterm elections as compared to 51.8 percent of men,” she said. “This led to the observation that if such a trend continues and all eligible women went out and voted, we could determine the outcome of every election. We’ve come a long way since having to fight for the right to have a say in how this country is run and how we choose to live in it. Winning the fight for the vote was no small accomplishment; this is no small anniversary, and this upcoming election is a significant one.”
The College also will host “The Bauhaus Centennial: The 100-Year Legacy of the Bauhaus Design School,” examining the history of the Bauhaus movement, which merged art, crafts, industrial design and architecture in new and inventive ways, and the often-overlooked women who helped drive the movement forward at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in the Culinary and Hospitality Center, Room 2001.
Additional programming honoring the centennial of the 19th amendment will take place in the fall. Events include free film screenings and discussion of “Not for Ourselves Alone,” the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as they endeavor to build to the women’s rights movement, and “Iron-Jawed Angels,” the story of brave young women who put their lives on the line to fight for women’s right to vote, at 1 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 17 and 24, respectively. Location to be determined.
The College also will present “The Encoding of Racial and Sexual Bias in the Dewey Decimal Classification System: A Closer Look at Melvil Dewey’s Sexual Harassment and Biases 100+ Years Later,” Tuesday, Sept. 22; “How to Run for Local Elections: A Practical Clinic,” Saturday, Oct. 3; and “The Dangers of Giving Women the Vote: Women’s Suffrage Cartoons,” date, time and location to be determined.
For more information, please contact Julia diLiberti at dilibert@cod.edu, Mary Jean Cravens at cravens@cod.edu or Melissa Mouritsen at mouritsenm@cod.edu.
COD’s Women’s Studies Committee Schedules Several Events Aligned to the Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
The College of DuPage’s Women’s Studies Committee will host a series of events throughout 2020 celebrating women’s rights and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the law that constitutionally guaranteed women’s right to vote.
COD Humanities Professor Julia diLiberti said the College will offer a broad range of events celebrating women this year.
“While our activities in 2020 aren’t all about the vote and suffrage, we have tried to make them at least about the conditions in which women worked and lived while also trying to use their voices to shape policies and politics and the way we live them,” said COD Humanities Professor Julia diLiberti. “We also have tried to draw on a variety of disciplines for their connections to the topic: music, sports, culinary arts, political science, film, sociology, interior design, humanities, the Library and information technology all are participating in events designed to educate students and the community on how women’s suffrage has changed political discourse, working conditions and daily life.”
Recognizing March as Women’s History Month, the College will host “The Evolution of Women in Sport: Celebrating 100+ years of Women’s Sport History” at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 5, in the Culinary and Hospitality Center, Room 2001. COD Physical Education Instructor Stephanie Vlach will discuss both the challenges and progress female athletes have made over more than a century, from 1900 when 12 women made history by competing in the Paris Olympics, to the passage of Title IX in 1972, to today’s record female participation in high school sports.
In conjunction with the presentation, COD culinary students, led by Culinary Professor Tim Meyers, will offer a tasting of foods and desserts that were common in households in 1920, the year the 19th Amendment was ratified.
Larry Ward will present “Bessie Smith and Early Blues Recording,” Friday, March 6, and diLiberti will present “Young, Gifted and Black – Nina Simone,” an examination of the iconic singer’s life and music, Friday, March 13. Both talks will be held at noon in the McAninch Arts Center, Room 140, as part of the College’s Music Fridays @ Noon series.
Additional offerings in March include “Women and the Vote,” featuring academic and artistic work by COD students and faculty from Monday, March 16, to Friday, March 27, in the Techcetera Gallery in the Student Resource Center.
The Library will feature a display on women’s history near the circulation desk in the upper level through the month of March.
With 2020 marking the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment as well as an election year, additional spring programming is particularly timely now, diLiberti said.
“According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 55 percent of women turned out to vote in the 2018 midterm elections as compared to 51.8 percent of men,” she said. “This led to the observation that if such a trend continues and all eligible women went out and voted, we could determine the outcome of every election. We’ve come a long way since having to fight for the right to have a say in how this country is run and how we choose to live in it. Winning the fight for the vote was no small accomplishment; this is no small anniversary, and this upcoming election is a significant one.”
The College also will host “The Bauhaus Centennial: The 100-Year Legacy of the Bauhaus Design School,” examining the history of the Bauhaus movement, which merged art, crafts, industrial design and architecture in new and inventive ways, and the often-overlooked women who helped drive the movement forward at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in the Culinary and Hospitality Center, Room 2001.
Additional programming honoring the centennial of the 19th amendment will take place in the fall. Events include free film screenings and discussion of “Not for Ourselves Alone,” the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as they endeavor to build to the women’s rights movement, and “Iron-Jawed Angels,” the story of brave young women who put their lives on the line to fight for women’s right to vote, at 1 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 17 and 24, respectively. Location to be determined.
The College also will present “The Encoding of Racial and Sexual Bias in the Dewey Decimal Classification System: A Closer Look at Melvil Dewey’s Sexual Harassment and Biases 100+ Years Later,” Tuesday, Sept. 22; “How to Run for Local Elections: A Practical Clinic,” Saturday, Oct. 3; and “The Dangers of Giving Women the Vote: Women’s Suffrage Cartoons,” date, time and location to be determined.
For more information, please contact Julia diLiberti at dilibert@cod.edu, Mary Jean Cravens at cravens@cod.edu or Melissa Mouritsen at mouritsenm@cod.edu.
