University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Radisson University Hotel
June 11-13, 2008
Come be Involved, Informed, and Inspired
We have scheduled the 2008 NWHP National Networking Conference to coincide with the popular Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. This conference is open to all and will be of special interest to our Network members, educators, students, librarians, historians, women’s history performers and authors, workplace managers, community organizers, women’s historic site and women’s museum personnel, and others interested in women’s history.
Special Session: Samantha „Rastles“ the Woman Question.
With a sense of history and wonderful humor, performer Jane Curry shares the profound wit and wisdom of 19th-century humorist Samantha in her one-woman show.
Wednesday evening: June 11th at 7:30
Partial list of presenters include:
Judy K. Brodsky – Women’s Art Project
Penny Colman – Award-winning Author
Robert Cooney – Author of Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Suffrage Movement
Susan Marie Frontczak – Writer and Performer
Joanna Inglot – Educator and Artist
Bonda Lewis – Writer and Performer
Judy Lombardi – Writer and Performer
Molly Murphy MacGregor – National Women’s History Project
Gracia Molina de Pick – Author and Activist
Margaret O’Rourke-Kelly, PhD – Author
Lisa Ossian – Des Moines Area Community College
Billie Luisi-Potts – Former Executive Director of the NWHF
Miriam Reed – Writer and Performer
Ellen Snortland – Writer and Performer
Susan K. Scott – Bonniebrook Historical Society
Jill S. Tietjen and Charlotte S. Waisman – Authors of Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Change America
Workshops include:
Women’s Art: Women’s – Vision
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
3:00 Conference Overview and Introductions
4:00 Celebrating Women: Life Lessons from Our Foremothers
7:00 Samantha „Rastles“ the Woman Question
Thursday, June 12, 2008
9:00 to Noon Special Roundtable: Broadening the Sources
Thursday Afternoon
2:00 to 3:15 NWHP Workshop Sessions
3:30 to 5:00 NWHP Plenary Session
Friday, June 13, 2008
9:00 to 10:15 NWHP Workshop Sessions
10:30 to 12:00 NWHP Plenary Sessions
Friday, June 13, Afternoon
2:00 to 3:15 NWHP Workshops
3:30 to 5:00 NWHP Closing Plenary
Saturday, June 14th
A day at the Berkshire Conference
NWHP Booth at Berkshire Conference
Book Signings
For more information or to register visit the National Women’s History
Project’s website
Molly Murphy MacGregor
Executive Director and Cofounder
National Women’s History Project
3440 Airway Drive, Suite F
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
(707) 636-2888
ednasmolly[at]aol.com
www.nwhp.org
Source: H-Net List for Women’s History