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CATEGORIES:Lectures & Symposiums,Art Exhibition,Community
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Women’s History Month\, please join us at the Fairf
 ield Museum’s “History Bites” series for a conversation with Elizabeth Hohl
 \, PhD\, Assistant Professor of the Practice in History at Fairfield Univer
 sity and faculty co-curator of the special exhibition Women’s Rights are Hu
 man Rights\, for a discussion of posters created worldwide that celebrate a
 nd acknowledge the vital role that all citizens play in promoting human rig
 hts while challenging gender inequality and stereotypes.\n\nThis event is c
 o-sponsored by the Fairfield Museum and History Center.\n\nPlease note: Thi
 s event is an off-campus\, in-person only event and will take place in the 
 Fairfield Museum and History Center (370 Beach Road\, Fairfield\, CT 06824)
 .\n\nPlease feel free to bring your own lunch. Snacks and refreshments prov
 ided.\n\n \n\nAbout the presenter:\n\nCurrently\, Liz is an Assistant Profe
 ssor of the Practice in the Department of History\; she teaches in the prog
 rams of Women\, Gender and Sexuality Studies\, Peace and Justice Studies an
 d Black Studies. She received an MLK Vision Award (in 2000) and the first A
 djunct Teacher of the Year Award (in 2005). She began her journey in Women’
 s History while working towards a B.A. from Stonehill College and completed
  her M.A. in Women’s History at Sarah Lawrence College. She earned a Ph.D. 
 in History and Women’s Studies at Union Institute and University. She conti
 nues to research African American women activists during the Jim Crow-Progr
 essive Era and is writing an introduction to a collection of articles on Co
 nnecticut women activists as well as a manuscript that will feature Victori
 a Earle Matthews.\n\n \n\nAbout the exhibition:\n\nThis exhibition features
  posters created by both men and women worldwide to celebrate and acknowled
 ge the vital role that all citizens play in protecting and promoting human 
 rights while challenging gender inequality and stereotypes\, advancing repr
 oductive and sexual rights\, protecting women and girls against brutality\,
  and promoting women’s empowerment\, education\, and participation in socie
 ty. The posters argue for the empowerment of women\, the achievement of equ
 ality between women and men\, and the elimination of discrimination against
  women and girls.\n\nOrganized and curated by Elizabeth Resnick\, Professor
  Emerita\, Graphic Design\, Massachusetts College of Art and Design\, Bosto
 n. Co-curated by Fairfield University faculty Rachelle Brunn-Bevel\, PhD\, 
 Elizabeth Hohl\, PhD\, Johanna Garvey\, PhD\, and Anna Lawrence\, PhD in co
 llaboration with museum staff.\n\nThis exhibition is on view in the Walsh G
 allery (inside the Quick Center for the Arts) through July 1\, 2023.\n\nhtt
 ps://www.fairfield.edu/museum/womens-rights/\n\n \n\nImage: Anita Kunz\, Tr
 eat Women as Equals\, 2001\, © Anita Kunz
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SUMMARY:History Bites: Women’s Rights are Human Rights
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