In celebration of National Women’s History Month, the Niagara University Women’s Studies Program is presenting a roster of events in March, including a keynote address by New York Timesbestselling author Lyz Lenz, who will explore the history of weaponizing fear against women and underrepresented populations in her talk, “Do Not Be Afraid.” Lenz’s presentation is featured as part of the program’s annual banquet and awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 18, at 1:30 p.m. in Glynn Hall Room 405/406 on the Niagara University campus.
Other events include a discussion of the wartime experiences of women in the British women’s auxiliary services in the Middle East during World War II by Dr. Stefanie Wichhart, professor of history, on Tuesday, March 4, at 1:30 p.m. in the Gallagher Center Multipurpose Room; and a talk that uncovers the history of the Black and Indigenous women of Suspension Bridge Village in Niagara Falls by Dr. Hope Russell, adjunct professor of women’s studies and director of education and interpretive planning/historian with the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area, on Thursday, March 6, at 10:30 a.m. in Bisgrove 350/351.
Women’s History Month will also be celebrated in the classrooms of history faculty Dr. Shannon Risk and Dr. Carrie Glenn, who invite the community to join their students as they share histories of radical women in the early 20th century and during the American Revolution, respectively.
The event programming is sponsored by Niagara University’s offices of the Provost and of the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, the Department of History, the Women’s Studies Program, Students Aligned to Stop Sexism, and the History Forum, as well as the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area. All events are free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact Dr. Carrie Glenn at cglenn@niagara.edu.
