BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6238-0e15b97b0fabc7bad3eda0c941a6f685@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260609T112630Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190920T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190920T170000 SUMMARY:ACCLAIMED HISTORIAN TO DELIVER TALK ON WOMEN\'S RIGHTS DESCRIPTION:\nAcclaimed historian Dr. Tera Hunter of Princeton Universit y will deliver a public talk Friday\, September 20 In Paterno Library 9\;s Foster Auditorium to kick off \;Women'\;s Rights and the Pos t-Civil War World\, a workshop commemorating the centennial of women' \;s suffrage in the United States. Dr. Hunter'\;s talk will be follow ed Saturday\, September 21 by a workshop on the myriad women'\;s righ ts movements that emerged in the post-Civil War era\, fighting for a var iety of rights and equal treatment beyond merely the right to vote. Addi tional event details can be found on the \;Richards Center website.\ n\nDr. Hunter'\;s talk is titled\, "\;'\;Confronted by Both a Woman Question and a Race Problem'\;: African American Women\, Slaver y\, and Post-Civil War Rights."\; \;A scholar specializing in la bor\, gender\, race\, and southern history\, she is \;the Edwards&nb sp\;Professor of \;American \;History and \;Professor of&nbs p\;African-American Studies at Princeton. Her scholarship has earned num erous accolades and awards. \;Her most recent book\, \;Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century \;( 2017) earned \;the Stone Book Award from the Museum of African Ameri can History\, the Mary \;Nickliss \;Prize from the Organization of American Historians\, the \;Joan Kelly Memorial Prize \;and t he \;Littleton-Griswold Prize from the \;American Historical&nbs p\;Association\, the \;Willie Lee Rose Book Award from the Southern Association of Women&rsquo\;s Historians\, \;and the Deep South Book Prize from the Frances S. \;Sumersell \;Center for the Study of the South. It was also \;a finalist for the Lincoln Prize\, awarded by Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute. \; \;\n \nDr. Hunter actively seeks to engage the broader public with her resear ch and scholarship. She \;has engaged in public history projects as a consultant for museum exhibitions and documentary films \;and work ed with public school teachers. \;Additionally\, she has written op- eds for the \;New York Times\, \;Washington Post\, and other med ia outlets with an eye toward demonstrating how history can help us unde rstand the world we live in.\n\nConference is free and open to the publi c. \;\n\nSponsored by the \;George and Ann Richards Civil War Er a Center. \; Co-sponsored by the \;Department of African America n Studies\, the \;Africana Research Center\, the \;Department of History\, the \;Department of Women'\;s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies\, and \;Penn State University Libraries.\n\nFor more detail s: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/acclaimed_historian_to_deliver_talk_o n_womens_rights/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Acclaimed histo rian Dr. Tera Hunter of Princeton University will deliver a public talk Friday, September 20 In Paterno Library's Foster Auditorium to kick off Women's Rights and the Post-Civil War World, a works hop commemorating the centennial of women's suffrage in the United S tates. Dr. Hunter's talk will be followed Saturday, September 21 by a workshop on the myriad women's rights movements that emerged in th e post-Civil War era, fighting for a variety of rights and equal treatme nt beyond merely the right to vote. Additional event details can be foun d on the Richards Ce nter website.

Dr. Hunter's talk is titled, "'Conf ronted by Both a Woman Question and a Race Problem': African America n Women, Slavery, and Post-Civil War Rights." A scholar specia lizing in labor, gender, race, and southern history, she is the Edw ards Professor of American History and Professor of& nbsp;African-American Studies at Princeton. Her scholarship has earned n umerous accolades and awards. Her most recent book, Bound i n Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century&n bsp;(2017) earned the Stone Book Award from the Museum of African A merican History, the Mary Nickliss Prize from the Organization of American Historians, the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize and the  Littleton-Griswold Prize from the American Historical As sociation, the Willie Lee Rose Book Award from the Southern Associa tion of Women’s Historians, and the Deep South Book Prize fro m the Frances S. Sumersell Center for the Study of the South. It was also a finalist for the Lincoln Prize, awarded by Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute.  

Dr. Hunter actively seeks to engage the broader public with her research and schola rship. She has engaged in public history projects as a consultant f or museum exhibitions and documentary films and worked with public school teachers. Additionally, she has written op-eds for the  New York Times, Washington Post, and other media outl ets with an eye toward demonstrating how history can help us understand the world we live in.

Conference is free and open to the public.&n bsp;

Sponsored by the George and Ann Richards Civil War Er a Center.  Co-sponsored by the Department of African Am erican Studies, the Africana Research Center, the < b>Department of History, the Department of Women's, Gend er, and Sexuality Studies, and Penn State University Librari es.

For more details: https://events.l a.psu.edu/event/acclaimed_historian_to_deliver_talk_on_womens_rights/

URL:https://richardscenter.la.psu.edu/programs/conferences/womens-rights-the -post-civil-war-world LOCATION:Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR