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Show 15 Wednesday, March 7,2007 Take Note:! Want a job? Stop by the Career Fair in the International Student Lounge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 797-1769 ; features@statesman.usu.edu i Focus: Women Jamie (rane/jamiecrane@ctusu.edu \ '/rv Pay USU celebrates women USU makes studying who make a difference women possible for men accomplishments of their own." Throughout this week When students read text- and month, several events books, a big part of history on campus will be dedicated seems to be missing. Women to honoring women and are often absent in the pages minorities of the past and and frequently unaccounted present. Because March 8 is for in lectures. This month, International Women's Day, as national women in hisStevens said speeches, music tory are celebrated, USU and performances by and Women's Center Director about women will be prePatricia Stevens hopes stusented in the International dents will better know and Student Lounge. Stevens embrace the accomplishsaid she hopes women ments of women in the past. attending USU can feel "Women have played a empowered and know that major role in several inventhey are important. tions, developments in "I think this campus is a medicine, society, sociolpart of a community, counogy, engineering, aerospace try and world that continues technology and science," to need to be reminded of Stevens said. "This month the significance of women allows women to celebrate and minorities," Stevens those accomplishments and BY MANETTE NEWBOLD Assistant Features Editor said. "Even though we have more laws now, we still face domestic violence, inequities in the workplace and a lack of encouragement to reach our full potential." This year marks 50 years since the integration of Central High School, which helped launch the 2007 theme of Women's History Month, "Generations of Women Moving History Forward," according to www.nwhp.org, the National Women's History Project Web site. Six of the nine teenagers who helped integrate the high school were girls. Stevens said the reason • WOMEN IN HISTORY see page 17 BY HOLLY MITCI ICLL Features Editor Women and gender studies may seem like the perfect minor for a woman, but men shouldn't necessarily rule it out yet. Miriah Griffith, a sophomore in print journalism and a women and gender studies minor, said there are a lot of misconceptions about women and gender studies. "It's not a man-bashing club," Griffith said. "It's about unifying and empowering women, not putting down men. "It has helped me as a person, I'm married and I love my husband, but it doesn't take away from me being a feminist.' It's important for every- Helping men understand the women in their lives is one way men can benefit, Mannon said. There are always a couple of men in her classes. She said she thinks they are consciously trying to not be part of the problem. "I think (WGS) helps personal, everyday lives because it makes them conscious of their actions and other people," Mannon said. Fox said the WGS program is needed at USU because "understanding more about women and gender can help us achieve equity between men and women, something we're sadly still fighting for - as in pay equity: women •GENDER STUDIES see page 18 Oprah Winfrey: Began Oprah's Angel Network in 2003 to assist small organizations focused on poverty reduction Mother Teresa: Won the Noble Peace Prize in 1979 for humanitarian work Amelia Earhart: Was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic one to take WGS classes, said Christie Fox, director of the honors program and a teacher for one of the women and gender studies classes. Gender affects the way we see and experience the world, she said. Susan Mannon, an assistant professor in the sociology department, said she once had a student with a wife and two young children in her WGS class. They were learning about gender division of labor and its effects on women in negative ways. He went home and asked his wife is there was anything he could do for her. "She thought it was pretty fair, but she was really impressed," Mannon said. "I think I saved a marriage that semester." Elizabeth Eckford: Wasoneof the Little Rocknine that helped integrate Central High School in Arkansas Rosa Parks: Refused to give up her bus seat for a white man and left a legacy for civil rights movements around the world » 4 |