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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
                                           SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
                                           504/549-2341/fax 504-549-2061
    Date: 2/27/98
      Contact:                           Carol Dotson  5

WOMEN'S RIGHTS WEEK CELEBRATED AT SLU MARCH 16-20

     HAMMOND, LA -- Southeastern Louisiana University's Cultural Resource Management
program is sponsoring Women's Rights Week March 16-20. The week commemorates the 150th
Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement.
     Featured speakers for the week include Christina Vella author of "Intimate Enemies: The
Life of Baroness Pontalba" and Sheila Tobias, author of "Faces of Feminism, An Activist's
Reflections on the Women's Movement" and "Overcoming Math Anxiety."
     Vella will speak at 3:30 pm Tuesday March 17 in the Pottle Music Recital Hall. Tobias
will talk at 10 am Wednesday March 18 at Twelve Oaks on "Overcoming Math Anxiety" and at
2:00 pm on  "Faces of Feminism."
     Southeastern president, Dr. Sally Clausen, is scheduled to read a proclamation at 3:00 pm
Monday March 16 at the Sims Memorial Library.
     Other activities scheduled include a concert celebrating women composers, a poetry
recital, exhibits and a dance performance. 
     Southeastern faculty will give lectures on Women in science, the arts, nursing and in
victorian age. 
     All of the events are free and open to the public.  For more information call 549-2931.

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