The women's studies program of Ithaca College warmly invites you to attend WomenSpeak 2004: Women and Aging on Wednesday, March 31, in Muller Chapel.
- 10:00 a.m.: "Dancing Canes, Dancing Crones"
Katharyn Howd Machan (aka Zajal), writing and women's studies, and gerontology institute fellow;
Dorothea Rudge and Susan Cotton, Longview
- 10:30 a.m.: "Stories from My Life"
Ruth Davis, Longview
- 11:00 a.m.: "Poems of Time and Transformation"
Marian MacCurdy, writing
- 11:15 a.m.: "Colors of Time"
The Ithaca College Women's Chorale, Janet Galvan, conductor
- Noon: during the noon hour, WomenSpeak will adjourn, with presenters invited to a luncheon in their honor in the Klingenstein Lounge, hosted by the women's studies program.
- 1:00 p.m.: "Help! Did I Wait Too Long? -- Infertile at 33?"
Lisa M. Belokur, assistant director of physical plant, facilities services
- 1:15 p.m.: "The Challenge of Being Cheerful About It"
Mary Beth O'Connor, writing
- 1:30 p.m.: "My Three Names"
Sarah Jefferis, writing, English, and women's studies
- 2:00 p.m.: "The Women in My Family"
Diane McPherson, writing and women's studies
- 2:15 p.m.: "The Trudy Chronicle"
Sally Parr, writing
- 2:30 p.m.: "The Crone as Goddess"
Rauncie Pelletier, wiccan high priestess in the Living Tapestry tradition:
Members of the public as well as the Ithaca College community are welcome to attend all or part of
WomenSpeak. We encourage attendance by whole classes.
Our gratitude goes to the Offices of the dean of H&S, the provost, and the president for continued support of the women's studies program. For more information, contact
Katharyn Howd Machan, 274 3325.
In the words of Marge Piercy, may
WomenSpeak empower us all as "we remember together what we are supposed to be doing."
Contributed by Melinda Butler
