Blog Entries tagged 'Herstory News'

New Exhibits and Projects that include CWLU Materials

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

From time to time, we get requests for posters, photos, songs and documents to include in videos, radio shows, public exhibitions and the like. We try to meet these requests in a timely manner and for the most part we succeed. Here are some of the recent requests we have received:

Three Graphic Collective posters will be in an exhibit [...]

Report from Kigali by Dr. Mardge Cohen

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

We received this report from Dr. Mardge Cohen of WE-ACTx. Mardgie has done amazing work fighting the AIDS plague both here in Chicago and in Rwanda. Mardgie is a former member of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and has contributed material to this website on women's health history.

WE-ACTx is an international community [...]

Peg Strobel Wins a Prize!

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Professor Margaret “Peg” Strobel of Chicago, Illinois, won the 2008 “Write Women Back into History” Award given by the National Women’s History Project of Santa Rosa, California.

Peg is a longtime feminist activist and former UIC women's studies professor. She is also on the Board of the Herstory [...]

Fundraiser for the WE-ACTx Girls Exchange Chicago- Kigali 2008

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

The WE-ACTx Girls Exchange Chicago↔Kigali is an exciting program to link a group of six young women from our WE-ACTx HIV clinics in Kigali, Rwanda with six young women from Chicago. The group will include HIV infected and uninfected youth from both cities who have demonstrated the capacity for leadership.

You are invited to a uniq [...]

Suzanne Davenport to speak at the Chicago History Museum

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:00:00 +0100

As part of its Women's History Month celebration the Chicago History Museum will feature a program on March 6th called "Women On The Move: We Can Do It!" Among the presenters will be Suzanne Davenport of the CWLU Herstory Project . Suzanne was active in the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and has been a film maker and educationa [...]

Our CWLU sister Trudy Pax died yesterday

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Gertrude (Trudy) Alma Pax, 70, died February 9, 2008, of pancreatic cancer, at her home at Camphill Village Minnesota. Trudy was born March 9, 1937 in Celina, Ohio to Gertrude (Jenniges) and Leo Pax and was the youngest of eight children. Raised on a farm, Trudy attended college at Marquette University, Milwaukee, and graduated with a degree in sociology. After wor [...]

Former CWLU member Trudy Pax is critically ill

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:10:49 +0100

UPDATE FRIDAY, February 8, 2008 : A very, very quiet day. Trudy isn't speaking much anymore and ice chip consumption has lessened.

We have sad news about Trudy Pax, one of our CWLU sisters. We received this information from Caring Bridge, which connects critically ill people to their friends, family, and associates around the w [...]

CWLU Herstory Website 2.0 is online...finally.

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:08:14 +0100

After months of activity behind the scenes, we've launched the newly designed Herstory website. We really need your feedback as we debug the new site and add new features. Please feel free to comment or send us an e-mail with your reactions. Special thanks to Dana Simpson for her work in transferring the old content over to the new site.

We know that a lot of women's studies classes link directly to the classic feminist writings in our archive. Please adjust your bookmarks to [...]