Fourth Annual Women’s Studies Advisory Board lecture, “Mad Men, Working Girls, and
Desperate Housewives: How far have men and women come from the 1960s?"
Dr. Stephanie Coontz, Historian
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 at the Holiday Inn at the Campus
The event begins with a social hour and book signing at 6:00, followed by dinner and the lecture.
Tickets are required ($45 for the general public and $35 for students) and are available by calling Kim Garver at 532-5738 by April 29th.
For a preview, see Coontz’ Washington Post article, "Why Mad Men is TV's Most Feminist
Show at www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/10/08/AR2010100802662.html
Coontz teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia,
Washington, and is Director of Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary
Families.
She is the author of, A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s (Basic Books, 2011) and the award-winning Viking Press, 2005. She also wrote, The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap (1992 and 2000, Basic Books), and The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families (Basic Books, 1997).
"Courting Trouble? The World-Historical Transformation of Love & Marriage"
Dr. Stephanie Coontz, Historian
Friday, May 3, 2013
10:30am Union Forum Hall, Free and open to the public
Ladies Bike Ride
Purple Pedal Power Ride
Thursday, May 30, 2013
at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
The Purple Pedal Power Ride is free and open to the public! There are three different types of rides that are offered at both the morning and afternoon times, the short ride of 6 miles, the medium ride of 12 miles and the long ride of 16 miles. All experience levels are welcome! Snacks will be provided and a chance to win prizes! There will also be stretching and road rules instructions. Rides will start and end from Highway 24/Blue River trail head of Linear Trail. Pre-register for this event at www.riley.ksu.edu or call Riley County Extension at (785)537-6350. For more information on the ladies ride and other bike month events visit, http://bikemanhattan.info.
*Contact Diane Novak (novakd@scicable.com) or Katy Vaughan (785-776-4779 ext.122 or kvaughan@rileycountyks.gov) for help with bike shopping before the ride!
If you would like to have your event information posted here, please contact Julia Wallis at wallisj@ksu.edu.