Voices of Chicago Women Activists and Leaders: Oral Histories 1945 - 2000

Chicago Area Women's History Council and Columbia College Honors Oral History Class invites you to a program of student oral history presentations in connection with our project:

"Voices of Chicago Women Activists and Leaders: Oral Histories 1945 - 2000"

Dr. Erin McCarthy, Associate Professor of History at Columbia College, led her honors students in a semester long introduction to the methodology and practice of oral history interviewing using CAWHC's project as a foundation for the class' research and interviews. In this program students will present an edited version of their interviews in a variety of creative formats.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

12:30 - 3:30pm

1104 S. Wabash, Room 504

This program is free and open to the public. No reservations are necessary. Light refreshments will be served.

Contact: emccarthy@colum.edu

Chicago Area Women's History Council

The Chicago Area Women's History Council is a non-profit, membership organization that promotes the documentation, interpretation, preservation, and sharing of Chicago women's history. Founded in 1971, the organization serves as a dynamic network of academic historians, archivists, teachers, museum professionals public historians, independent scholars, preservationists, activists and others interested in the study of Chicago women past and present.

If you are interested in Chicago women's history, please join us.