Join Reinhardt College for the Celebration of Women’s History
Month in March 2008
Reinhardt College
will host events throughout March to commemorate women’s
history. The events will showcase the vibrant women of days past
and highlight the foundation they built for women today.
"Women's History Month is important because it reminds
people that women DO have a history,” explained Becky Doebler,
Reinhardt’s coordinator of student activities. “Women have
accomplished many great things and have made an important impact
on society. It was important to us to have events at the College
to show students that women have been making history for
hundreds of years.”
Leaving Fascinating
Legacies
“Why Was Catherine the Great So Great?” This question
is what Dr. Douglas Smith, resident scholar at the University of
Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies, will
address on Monday, March 10, at 2:30 p.m. on the upper level of
the College’s Hill-Freeman Library and Spruill Learning Center.
In Smith’s book The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in
Catherine the Great’s Russia, he writes, “few European
monarchs have enjoyed greater fascination than Catherine the
Great…[who is] simultaneously celebrated and condemned in her
own lifetime as either one of Russia’s greatest rulers or as a
corrupt and murderous usurper”.
Smith is an award-winning historian and
translator who studied German and Russian at the University of
Vermont and has a doctorate in history from UCLA. He has taught
and lectured widely at universities in the United States,
Britain, and Europe and has appeared in documentaries for A&E TV
and National Geographic.
Making History Her Story
Making history her story, Cita Cook, associate
professor at The University of West Georgia, will present “The
Lost Cause,” a discussion about Jefferson Davis’ daughter,
Winnie, and her association with the Lost Cause, on Wednesday,
March 19, at 4 p.m. on the upper level of the College’s library.
Cook explained that she will reveal the history behind “the
creation of a myth that turned Winnie Davis into a living icon
with an alleged history that was in many ways different from
what the documents connected to her life reveal.”
Establishing
a Name in the Sciences
Clara Barton, Marie Curie, Jane Goodall. What do these
women have in common? They all have played important roles in
the sciences. On Thursday, March 27, at 12:30 p.m. on the upper
level of the College’s library, Theresa Ast, Reinhardt associate
professor of history, will discuss these women and many more in
her presentation on “The Role of Women Scientists.”
Paving the Way for Future
Generations
There are always two sides to any story. Join Erin Hall
and Rev. DeDe Leetch as they speak about their experiences as
women ministers. Hall will discuss her role as an up-and-coming
minister in the Baptist Church on Thursday, March 13, at 2 p.m.,
and on Thursday, March 27, at 2 p.m., Rev. Leetch will speak
about her position as a minister in the United Methodist Church
since 1985. Both ministers’ presentations will be during the
College’s weekly Chapel service held in the Hagan Chapel on the
College campus.
Serving the Country in Times of
Need
Memories of service, love and segregation of the women
in WWII will be featured in the play, “Star-Spangled Girls,” on
Saturday, April 5, at 8 p.m. in the Falany Performing Arts
Center (FPAC). The memoirs and letters of 37 women veterans were
compiled to create a re-enactment of the experiences and
emotions of these women during the war. Five actresses will
portray WACs, WAVES, Army Nurses and Red Cross Volunteers and
share the memories and music of WWII. Admission to the
performance is $20 for adults and $15 for seniors (55 and older)
and children age 12 and younger. For reserved seats and ticket
information, call the FPAC box office at (770) 720-9167, or go
on-line at
http://www.reinhardt.edu/fpac.
For more information about Women’s History Month,
contact Doebler at 770-720-9238 or
RMD@reinhardt.edu.
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