The observance of Women's History Month begins this year with the reading of the proclamation by the Honorable Gwen O'Looney, mayor of Athens-Clarke County. The ceremony begins at noon on March 2 on the steps of the main library.
Joan Hoff, history professor at Ohio University, will deliver the keynote lecture, "Second-Class Citizens Still: The Legal Status of U.S. Women at the End of the Twentieth Century," at 3:30 p.m. March 2 in 265 Park Hall. Georgia Supreme Court Justice Carol W. Hunstein will speak on "Women and the Law in Georgia" at 3:30 p.m. March 4 in the law school auditorium. Both lectures are open to the public and free.
Exhibits to mark Women's History Month include Women: Lawbreakers, Lawmakers, highlighting activists for reproductive freedom, in the lobby of the main library, and Broadsides, selections from the Lucy Hargrett Draper collection of woman suffrage materials, in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library on the third floor of the library.
Several films by women directors will be shown--by the Tate Student Center theater, by the Georgia Museum of Art and by the media department at the library. The library presentation of Through the Wire on March 5 will be followed by a discussion led by Susette Talarico, director of UGA's Criminal Justice Studies Program.
Two Friends will be shown on March 12, with a discussion led by Janet Wondra, assistant editor of the Georgia Review. Library screenings are at 7:30 p.m. in room B-2 in the basement of the main library and are free.
Additional events have been planned throughout the month. A complete schedule is available from the Women's Studies Program, 542-2846.
