Women's Art As Political Resistance
Issue Date
1995Author
Davidson, Janet
Hendricks, Nicole
Munson, Jessica
Shumacker, Paula
Miller, Rachel
Publisher
University of Kansas
Type
Video
Rights
Copyright 1995
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Performances at the 23rd anniversary forum for the February Sisters, a group of women who staged a 1972 sit-in to protest conditions for women at the University of Kansas. After a meeting with Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr. and the Student Senate Executive Committee the university agreed to establish a day care center on campus and a Women's Studies Program.The evening includes several components:
An interpretive dance performance by undergraduate students in Women's Studies on the history of the February Sisters and the women's movement at KU
A multimedia slide presentation by Professor Janet Davidson on representations of women in both images and words.
A performance art piece by Nicole Hendricks and Jessica Munson
Poetry readings by Paula Shumacker and Rachel Miller.
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