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Educating Women

Educating Women: A Conference on the Status of Research on the Education of Girls and Women

for

Professors, Students, Teachers, Activists,
Researchers and Concerned Citizens

Jane Addams by Alice Kellogg Tyler, 1892
May 22-23, 2008
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
The University of Illinois at Chicago
800 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607

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Learn more about our keynote speakers

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Dr. Gaby Weiner
Read Dr. Weiner's bio >>

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Dr. Jane Roland Martin
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Kolawole Babatunde, Educational Activist
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Ruth Sweetser, Educational Reformer
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Sixty-two million of the estimated 115 million children in the world who are not in school are girls, according to 2002 figures. In Sub Saharan Africa, 24 million girls were out of school in 2002. Eighty-five percent of all girls out of school live in Sub Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific. Two-thirds of the world's 781 million illiterate adults are women. (UNICEF)

May 22, 2008

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.	Breakfast (Dining Room)
8:30	Welcome
8:35-9:35	Dining Room Keynote: Ruth Sweetser, President, American Association of University Women, "AAUW Research: Catalyzing Equity in Education and Beyond"
9:35-10:00	Dining Room Panel Discussion: "The Educating Women Project" Susan Laird, University of Oklahoma Susan Franzosa, Fairfield University Lucy Townsend, Northern Illinois University
10:00-10:30	Discussion Groups
10:30-11:30	Dining Room Symposium: "The Status of Research on Girls and Women’s Education in Selected Nations" (Chair: Martha Tevis, University of Texas Pan American) Veronica Margaret Makwinja-Morara, University of Botswana, "Female Dropouts in Botswana Junior Secondary Schools" Amna Latif, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, "Sixty Years of Struggle for Literacy and Enrollment: Status of Girls’ Education in Pakistan" Melissa B. Wilson, University of Arizona, "Sugar and Spice and Not Necessarily Nice: Recent International Trends in Research on the Representation of Girls in Award Winning Children’s Literature" Lecture Room (2nd Floor) Symposium: Historical Studies of Women in Education (Chair: Susan Franzosa, Fairfield University) Ann Livschiz, Indiana University-Purdue University—Fort Wayne, "Purpose and Content of Girls’ Education in Soviet Single-Sex Schools, 1943-1954" Sarah Bennison, New York University, "'Woman’s Work for Woman': Consensus and 'Civilizing' Work on Western Missions, 1870-1920" Sarah DeMott, New York University, "The Lure of the Schoolhouse: Italian American Women Teaching in New York City (1919-1938)"
11:30 - 12:30 p.m.	Dining Room Symposium: Biographical Research on Women in Education (Chair: Gaby Weiner, University of Edinburgh) Elizabeth Sherwood, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville & Amy Freshwater, Southeast Missouri State University, "Betty Kirby: Bringing the World to Kindergarten" Linda C. Morice, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, "Flora White (1860-1948): New Woman, Stark Choice" Monica Cousins Noraian, Illinois State University, "Sarah Raymond: A Case Study of a Female Educational Leader Ahead of Her Time" Lecture Room (2nd Floor) Symposium: Educating Women as Professionals (Chair: Susan Laird, The University of Oklahoma) Darla Baca, The University of Oklahoma, "Educating Women as Home Economists" Virginia Henson, The University of Oklahoma, "Educating Women as Lawyers" Johnnie-Margaret McConnell, The University of Oklahoma, "Educating Women as Professional Musicians" Discussant: Jane Roland Martin, University of Massachusetts-Boston
12:30-1:30	Lunch on your own
1:30-2:30	Dining Room Keynote: Kolawole Babatunde, "ActionAid Nigeria, Major Factors Affecting Girls’ Education in Northern Nigeria—A Grass Roots Based Approach"
2:30-3:45	Dining Room Symposium: Studies of Curricula Designed for Women (Chair: Paula Salvio, University of New Hampshire) Kate Cannon, Mount San Antonio College, "'Are there any other classes like this?' Women’s Studies and California Community Colleges: Transforming the Curriculum for a New Population of Hispanic and Asian Women; A Case Study" Martha Skeeters, The University of Oklahoma, "Resources for the History of Educating Women: The Records of Women’s Studies Programs and Their Significance" Linda Hoeptner Poling, Kent State University, "Gendered Practice: Positioned and Positioning Within Discourses of Feminist Art Teaching" Francesca Guerra, University of California, Santa Cruz, "'As lithe as panthers and of splendid physique': Educating Lady Gardeners in 1908" Lecture Room (2nd Floor) Chair: Betty Franklin Panel Discussion: "Do Ask, Do Tell: Sexualities in Schools" Durene Wheeler, Northeastern Illinois University Shannon Sullivan, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance Therese Quinn, School of the Art Institute Erica R. Meiners, Northeastern Illinois University Amina Chaudhri, University of Illinois Chicago Stacy Horn, University of Illinois Chicago
3:45-4:10	Discussion Groups
4:10-5:25	Dining Room Symposium: "Educating Mothers and Mothers Educating Others" (Chair: Susan Franzosa, Fairfield University) Matthew Schertz, Penn State University Berks, "The Mother’s Magazine: Moral Media for an Emergent Domestic Pedagogy, 1833-1848" Angela M. Rogers, Clemson University, "The Social Construction of the Teen Mother in the United States Educational System" Sarah Frielink, Northern Illinois University, "Finding Our Place in a 'Man’s World': Three Generations of Women on Education, Family and Careers" Namulundah Florence, "From Our Mothers’ Hearths: Bukusu Folktales and Proverbs" Lecture Room, (2nd Floor) Symposium: "Constructing the Feminine" (Chair: Gaby Weiner, University of Edinburgh) Deborah S. Shinn, University of Oklahoma, "The Golden Mean Analysis: Understanding Girls’ Stories about Learning to Live Wisely and Well" Xiaoqi Yu, Kent State University, & Larissa Malone, Kent State University, "The Making of China Dolls and Video Vixens: The Impact of Societal Expectations and Their Educational Implications" Connie Titone, Villanova University, & Lorraine A. Ustaris, Villanova University, "Fashioning the Thinking Female Through Fiction: Catharine Macaulay’s Curricular Vision of Don Quixote and Joseph Andrews"
5:25-6:30	Dining Room Lisa Lee, Director, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, "The Continuing Work of Hull-House", including a tour of the museum
6:30 p.m.	Reception (Dining Room)

May 23, 2008

7:30-8:30 a.m.	Breakfast (Dining Room)
8:00-8:30	Dining Room Museum Exhibition: Betty Franklin, "Imagining Education",
8:30-9:30	Dining Room Keynote: Jane Roland Martin, University of Massachusetts-Boston, "Making Research on Women Count"
9:30-10:30	Dining Room Symposium: "Self-Educating Women: Extending the Conversation with Jane Roland Martin" (Chair: Susan Laird, The University of Oklahoma) Sharon Peelor, The University of Oklahoma, "Conversation with Christine de Pizan" Shawn M. Snidow, The University of Oklahoma, "Conversation with Emma Goldman" Julie Davis, The University of Oklahoma, "Conversation with Audre Lorde" Discussant: Jane Roland Martin, University of Massachusetts-Boston Lecture Room (2nd Floor) Symposium: "Cutting Edge Movements in Women’s Education", Lucy Townsend, Northern Illinois University John Kenneth Press, New York University, Frances Kellor, Jane Addams, "America and the World" Dana Cesar, "The Global Significance of Educating Women for Sustainable Agriculture: An International Perspective" Nance Cunningham, The University of Oklahoma, "Status of Pain Education for Women"
10:30-10:50	Discussion Groups
10:50-11:50	Dining Room Panel: "Mentoring the Next Generation of Scholars" Susan Franzosa, Fairfield University Tatsuro Sakamoto, Soka University, Tokyo Martha Tevis, University of Texas - Pan American Gaby Weiner, University of Edinburgh Lecture Room, 2nd Floor Symposium: "Education and the Experience of Motherhood" (Chair: Susan Laird, The University of Oklahoma) Maria Laubach, The University of Oklahoma Kara Morgan, The University of Oklahoma Michael Surbaugh, The University of Oklahoma Discussant: Jane Roland Martin
11:00-12:00	Dining Room Panel Discussion: "Following Jane Addams into the 21st Century: Boundary-crossing Educators Who Changed the Nation" (Chair: Lucy Townsend, Northern Illinois University) Vivian Guilfoy, Education Development Center, Inc. Katherine Hanson, Education Development Center, Inc. Sarita Nair Pillai, Education Development Center, Inc. Lecture Room, 2nd Floor Video Viewing: Paula M. Salvio, University of New Hampshire, The Federal Abortion Ban & Education for Survival—"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" (by Christian Mungiu)
12:00-1:00	Lunch on your own
1:00-2:00	Keynote: Gaby Weiner, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, "Too Much Talk and Not Enough Action? Trends in Research on Gender and Education in Europe and the Anglophone World"
2:00-3:00	Dining Room Symposium: "Enduring Lessons: The Value of Historical Recovery Work for Contemporary Girls and Women" (Chair: Lucy Townsend, Northern Illinois University) Lucy Bailey, Oklahoma State University, "'What Girls Can Do': Lessons of Activism and the Creation of Self" Virginia Worley, Oklahoma State University, "Colette Teaches Place: Creating Place at a Moment’s Notice" Stacy Otto, Illinois State University, "Reclaiming Cather’s Distant Song: The Lesson of Solitude in Living Creatively" Lecture Room (2nd Floor) Symposium: "Studies of Women Wanting to Learn" (Chair: Kolawole Babatunde, ActionAid Nigeria) Durene I. Wheeler, Kent State University, "Evolution of Attitudes: A Review of African American Women’s Higher Educational Journey, 1950-present" Sarah DeHaas, Juniata College, "Women with Disabilities: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future" Martha Tevis, University of Texas - Pan American, "The History and Current Status of the Education of Mexican American Women and Girls"
3:00-3:20	Discussion Groups
3:20-4:20	Dining Room Symposium: "'Coming of Age' in Educational Studies: Educating Women at the Graduate Level" (Chair: Susan Franzosa, Fairfield University)Susan Laird, The University of Oklahoma, "Educating Women for Educating Women" Tyrea M. Craig, The University of Oklahoma, "A Vindication of the Rights of Women Athletes and Coaches of Color" Kristen Ogilvie Holzer, The University of Oklahoma, "The Coeducational Wisdom of Adrienne Rich"Lecture Room (2nd Floor) Symposium: Studies of Women in Higher Education (Chair: Gaby Weiner, University of Edinburgh) Judith Dorney, State University of New York at New Platz, "Interviewing Women"Teachers about Anger: "Some Implications for Teacher Education" Ana M. Martinez Alemán, Boston College, "Understanding Women’s College Friendships: A Longitudinal View" Allison Avery, Kent State University, "Connections Between Hiddenstream Art Educators and Equitable Female Education"
4:20-5:00	Dining Room Conversation: Reflections on the Conference and Future Plans (Chairs: Susan Franzosa, Susan Laird, & Lucy Townsend)

This conference is made possible by the generous support of Jane Addams’ Hull-House Museum, the International Society for Educational Biography, Northern Illinois University, the University of Oklahoma, and Fairfield University.