Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Activist
By Tatiahna Turner The youngest of 20 children, Fannie Lou Hamer was born Fannie Lou Townsend on October 6, 1917 in Montgomery County, Mississippi. From… Read More »Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Activist
By Tatiahna Turner The youngest of 20 children, Fannie Lou Hamer was born Fannie Lou Townsend on October 6, 1917 in Montgomery County, Mississippi. From… Read More »Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Activist
By Megan Schwindler The Event End your week watching a movie and enjoying some free pizza and snacks with the staff at the Women’s Center.… Read More »Upcoming Event: Feminist Film Friday
By Ann Varner March has officially arrived and with it comes Women’s History Month! Since 1987 the United States has observed March as Women’s History Month. During… Read More »March: Women’s History Month
By Megan Schwindler The Event Join us for an afternoon of spoken word and activism about ending gender-based violence and creating a safer campus community… Read More »Upcoming Event: Feminist Open Mic
By Korrien Hopkins Marsha P. Johnson was a leader during the standoff that culminated in the infamous Stonewall Riots, a rallying cry against police surveillance… Read More »Marsha P. Johnson: The Pioneer
By Dasha Matthews Born Freda Josephine McDonald on June 3, 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri, Baker is known as an extremely popular singer and dancer from… Read More »The Activism of Josephine Baker
By Dasha Matthews Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, better known as Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She is known… Read More »Ida B. Wells: Suffragist, Feminist, and Leader
By Tatiahna Turner Born Angela Yvonne Davis on January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama she is best known as an African-American political activist and for… Read More »The Life of Angela Davis
By Dasha Matthews Pam Grier is known to the world as an iconic African-American actress. Many know her from Blaxploitation films such as Foxy Brown, but she has… Read More »The Perseverance of Pam Grier
By Korrien Hopkins We at the Women’s Center recently received a very kind donation of reusable menstrual pads. Although I’ve never used them, I was curious… Read More »5 Reasons Why You Should Try Reusable Menstrual Pads