events 2009

Rosie the Riveter Poster, created by J. Howard Miller in 1942, wast the iconic image representing women in the homefront war effort, World War II. Image courtesy of US National Archives.

Series of Lectures at the American Center Offers an Alternative View on U.S. Feminism

October 8, 2009 — From October to December, the American Center hosts a series of lectures on the development of American feminism, prepared by the Gender Studies, an NGO.  Lecturers will outline the development of American feminism from its beginnings in the XIX. century to its contemporary approach. One lecture will also focus on Afro-American feminism. 

Nina Bosničová, project leader, believes that the lectures will explain a role which the American feminist movement played in a history of female emancipation in the whole world  and should challenge the stereotype image of American feminism in the minds of Czech people. 

• October 6 — Pavla Veselá, Ph.D.: Beginning of American feminism in XIX century
• October 20 — PhDr. Hana Havelková, Ph.D.: American feminism of XX century
• November 3 — Mgr. Nina Bosničová, Ph.D.: Afro-American feminism in US
• December 2 — PhDr. Marta Kolářová, Ph.D.: Contemporary American feminist activism

Lectures (in Czech) start at 7pm, at the American Center, Tržiště 13 , Praha 1.

More information: nina.bosnicova@genderstudies.cz, 224 915 666

Related links:

• Gender Studies o.p.s.
• History of Feminism in the United States