Women's History Month
Editorial: USD Failing to Recognize Women’s History
The celebration of Women’s History in March goes back decades. The month is meant as a way for our history to inspire current and future generations and celebrates women of the past who have laid the foundation for us to succeed and be recognized in society. It is a period of time for advocacy. In […]
Student Club Honors Women’s History Month
In celebration of Women’s History Month, a new student organization, Activists for Equality, hosted their first event, a trivia night in the MUC pit on March 6. Anna Bottesini, president of Activists for Equality, said she was excited to host the first event. “(The event is) just to inform people about the impact women have […]
Lecture teaches about the history of voting rights for Black women
USD’s History Department and the Knudson School of Law hosted the Vanguard Voting Rights Lecture March 18. The lecture was a joint Shell Lecture, which the History Department usually hosts in the fall, and School of Law’s Gunderson Lecture, in honor of Women’s History Month. The lecturer, Martha Jones, a professor of history and the […]
Women’s History Month events seek to educate
This month is about more than spring break and St. Patrick’s day. March is Women’s History Month and USD is holding several events to engage and educate students on women’s issues. Dr. Sara Lampert, director of the women, gender and sexuality studies program, said this month is a time to reevaluate how much attention is […]