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The Niagara University Women’s Studies Program proudly presents its roster of events in celebration of National Women’s History Month. The event programming is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of History, the Women’s Studies Program, and the Castellani Art Museum, all at Niagara University, as well as the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area.

Highlights include a look at the centennial of the Equal Rights Amendment with Dr. Julie Suk of Fordham Law School, a discussion of how Black American women have shaped U.S. democracy with Dr. Martha Jones of Johns Hopkins University, and from Niagara University Assistant Professor of History, Dr Carrie Glenn, a look at “Women’s Protest in the Revolutionary Era,” and a talk that examines a Black Haitian businesswoman’s navigation of Revolutionary-era Philadelphia. The Castellani Art Museum will host an event that looks at “Indigenous Tradition and Indigenous Identity with Tina Mt. Pleasant, Violet Printup, and Jodi Lynn Maracle.” Finally, Niagara University students take the stage to present their winning research papers that focus on women’s studies at the annual Women’s Studies Program Writing Contest Awards.

Highlights include a look at the centennial of the Equal Rights Amendment
with Dr. Julie Suk of Fordham Law School, a discussion of how Black American women have
shaped U.S. democracy with Dr. Martha Jones of Johns Hopkins University, and from
Niagara University Assistant Professor of History, Dr Carrie Glenn, a look at “Women’s
Protest in the Revolutionary Era,” and a talk that examines a Black Haitian
businesswoman’s navigation of Revolutionary-era Philadelphia. The Castellani Art Museum
will host an event that looks at “Indigenous Tradition and Indigenous Identity with Tina Mt.
Pleasant, Violet Printup, and Jodi Lynn Maracle.” Once again, the campus will host its
annual Take Back the Night event to honor the victims and survivors of sexual assault and
to declare the right to walk around campus safely at night. Finally, Niagara University
students take the stage to present their winning research papers that focus on women’s
studies at the annual Women’s Studies Program Writing Contest Awards.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please view the flyer below or contact Dr. Shannon Risk at srisk@niagara.edu