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Feminist Ephemera

This page contains a small selection of posters, meeting notes, and other materials from 1993 - 2026, the period corresponding with the oral history interviews. We have also included a pamphlet from 1976 when the program started. Collectively these offer a snapshot of work that Women's and Gender Studies, Women in Learning and Leadership, and LGBTQ Studies have sponsored and co-sponsored over the years. Enjoy!

Please note: Some items have more than one page. Click on the item title or image to navigate through the pages.

1976 Women's Studies Minor Pamphlet (2 Pages)

First page of the flyer for the "Women's Studies Brown Bag Series: Differences Among Women" held by the Women's Studies Program at UM-Dearborn during the Winter 1993 semester. Page 1 lists events held from January through early March 1993.

1993 Women's Studies Brownbag Series: Differences Among Women

Flyer for the panel discussion, " Public Stalking and Sexual Harassment of Women", presented by the Women's Studies Program during the Winter Speaker Series. This event was held on-campus on March 24, 1994.

1994 Panel Discussion on Public Stalking and Sexual Harassment of Women

Flyer for "Electronic Access to Pornography: Balancing Access Rights and Protecting Against Harassment", a lecture by Dr. Virginia Rezmierski presented by the Women's Studies Program as part of the Winter Speaker Series in 1995. The event was held at UM-Dearborn on April 8, 1995.

1995 Virginia Rezmierski on Electronic Access to Pornography

First page of a partial note document from a Women's Studies Director Meeting. Full text is available in the item metadata.

1995 Partial Notes from WS Director Meeting

Front page of The Reporter UM-Dearborn newspaper featuring 2 articles and an image of 2 men speaking to a woman who is sitting at a desk.

1996 Reporter on Agenda for Women

Flyer for screening of Changing Our Minds held at UM-Dearborn in 1997.

1997 Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker

Informational flyer for the UM-Dearborn Women and Gender Studies Program Winter Lecture Series for the Winter 1998 semester. Full text available in item metadata section.

1998 Winter Lecture Series

Flyer on blue paper for the "African American Read-In Chain: A Celebration of Black Authors and Books" held at the University of Michigan-Dearborn on Febraruy 3, 1999. Full text available in item metadata.

1999 African American Read-In Chain: A Celebration of Black Authors and Books

Flyer on yellow paper advertising the dates and speakers for "The Women's Studies Feminist Scholars Lecture Series" held at UM-Dearborn in Winter 1999. Full text available in item metadata.

1999 Feminist Scholars Lecture Series

2000 Barbara Stowasser on The Prophet's Wives in Islamic Literature

2000 Barbara Stowasser on The Prophet's Wives in Islamic Literature

Flyer for a lecture by Caroline Wang called "Photovoice: Participatory Research to Affect Social Policy" which was held at UM-Dearborn on January 13, 2000. Full text available in Item Metadata.

2000 Caroline Wang on Photovioce Participatory Research to Affect Social Policy

2005 Bridgette Carr on How Protection Mechanisms are Failing Immigrant Women

2006 Becoming an Ally to Young Latinas PDF Version

2006 Maria Cotera on Becoming an Ally to Young Latinas

Flyer for a talk by Selma James called "Sex, Race and Class" held at UM-Dearborn on November 15, 2007. Flyer features photo of Selma James, an older woman with short white hair.

2007 Selma James on Sex, Race, and Class

Flyer for a talk by Dr. Barbara Ransby, "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision" held at UM-Dearborn on March 19, 2009. Flyer features image of Dr. Barbara Ransby, an Black woman with short hair and glasses speaking at a podium and the front cover for Ransby's book "Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision".

2009 Barbara Ransby on Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

2010 Transgender Day of Remembrance

Flyer for Equal Pay Day, an awareness day and bake sale held by Women in Learning in Leadership at UM-Dearborn on April 12, 2011. A red circle that says "77 cents" in the center denoting the pay disparity between men and women employees.

2011 Equal Pay Day

Flyer for the event "Celebrating the life and music of Rhythm and Blues Legend: Etta James" featuring event information and photos of the participants, Renee King Jackson and Marion Hayden on either side of the flyer.

2012 Celebrating the Life of Etta James

Flyer for the event "Unite Against the War on Women" held on April 28, 2012. Flyer lists event information for Lansing and Detroit locations. Historic images of suffragettes protesting are in the middle of the flyer.

2012 Unite Against the War on Women

Flyer with black, white, and red graphic letters advertising a production of the Vagina Monologues: An In/Equality Event at UM-Dearborn in 2013.

2013 Vagina Monologues

Flyer for a talk by Heather Ault called "4000 Years for Choice" held at the University of Michigan-Dearborn on March 7, 2013. Full text available in item metadata.

2013 Heather Ault on 4000 Years for Choice

2014 Diana Copeland on Detroit Women Speak

2014 Diana Copeland on Detroit Women Speak

Flyer for the event "A Reading with Author Marci Blackman" that was held on September 18th at the University of Michigan-Dearborn with an image of the book cover for Blackman's book Po Man's Child beside of picture of Blackman. Full text in the item metadata section.

2014 Reading with Marci Blackman

Event flyer for "Cultural Food Security Among Immigrants and Refugees with Dr. Tina Moffat, Anthropology from McMaster University" held at UM-Dearborn on October 14th, 2015. Flyer shows image of a diverse group of people cooking together in a professional kitchen setting.

2015 Cultural Food Security among Immigrants and Refugees

Event flyer for "Conversations: Art as a Means for Dialogue", a talk by artist, Helen Zughaib. The event was held at UM-Dearborn on January 21, 2015, page is covered in abstract shapes and textures and an artwork by Zughaib, an abstract representation of a woman with red hair holding a swaddled child with closed eyes.

2015 Helen Zughaib on Art as a Means for Dialogue

Flyer for "Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking, a presentation by Anne Elizabeth Moore that was held at UM-Dearborn on October 26, 2016. Flyer shows information on the left side of the page and the right shows a drawing of rows of people sewing in a factory-like setting.

2016 Anne Moore on Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking

Page 1 of 2 of an print out of an email containing a flyer for the 2013 event at UM-Dearborn "Negotiating Boundaries in the #MeToo Era". Page 1 provides details on schedule for the day. Full text available on item metadata page.

2019 Negotiating Boundaries / Morgan Jenkins on Capitalism and Abuse (2 Pages)

A graphic containing a short statement by the Women's and Gender Studies Program at UM-Dearborn regarding the racial violence during 2020, offering support to the campus community.

2020 Statement on Racial Violence

2022 HEART Workshop (Page 1) PDF Version

2022 HEART Workshop (2 pages)

Flyer for OCEAN: The Life and Times of Poet Phillis Wheatley - A Musical Suite Composed by Marion Haydern, with image of Marion Haydern holding a bass and an etching of Phillis Wheatley found in an antique book. Full text available in item metadata section.

2023 Marion Hayden Musical Tribute to Phillis Wheatley

2026 Feminist Voices Across Generations

2026 Feminist Voices Across Generations

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