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The Women's Movement //**
 * // January History Forum //**



**// Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM //**
 * // Gilder Lehrman Center, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT //**

The Teaching American History program **// Democratic Vistas //** invites all interested teachers to attend our January History Forum: “The Women's Movement.” This forum will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at the Gilder Lehrman Center, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT.

Our guest is Alice Kessler-Harris. Professor Kessler-Harris is the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University. She specializes in the history of American labor and the comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of women and gender. Her works include //Gendering Labor History//; //In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in Twentieth Century America//; //Out to Work: A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States//; and //Women Have Always Worked: A Historical Overview//.

Professor Kessler-Harris will discuss the post-War women's movement and "second wave" U.S. feminism. Program: **

The Women's Movement: A Lecture and Discussion 6:00 to 6:30 PM ** Dinner
 * 4:30 to 6:00 PM **

A forty dollar stipend and CEUs are available for participating teachers. We are accepting sixty participants to this forum. Dinner will be included. Registration is required; deadline for registration is January 11th. Please complete an online application at this site. Special consideration will be given to social studies, language arts and special education teachers. You will be notified by January 12th as to whether or not you have been accepted to participate in this monthly forum.