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Patron Sponsors (donations of $1000 and above)
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Friday
Sept. 24, 1999 |
| 5:00-7:00 p.m. |
Pre-conference workshop: Gerda Lerner and 25 K-12 public school teachers (selected via Ky. Dept. of Education regional coordinators)
Co-sponsored by Ky. Commission on Women, Ky. Department of Education, and Ky. Historical Society |
| 7:00-9:00 p.m. |
Reception for KATH members and Conference Co-Sponsors: Berry Hill Mansion, 700 Louisville Road, Frankfort; featuring an original theatrical production of "Nothing New for Easter," an African-American girl's recollection of the Easter clothes boycott during the struggle for civil rights in Kentucky. The play is based on oral history interviews of Kentucky women. For more information about the reception, contact David.Clinkenbeard@mail.state.ky.us, 502-564-3000, ext. 231 |
Saturday
Sept. 25, 1999 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration at History Center;
Continental Breakfast sponsored by Morehead State University History Department |
| 9:00 a.m. |
 Welcome by Randolph Hollingsworth, Ph.D., President of KATH
Plenary Session Speech by Gerda Lerner, Ph.D., on "Women's Studies--The Intellectual Revolution of the 20th Century"
Introduction by Betsy Brinson, Ph.D., Ky. Historical Society
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Panel, "Doing Women's History in Kentucky," moderated by A.G. Dunston, Ph.D., Eastern Ky. University
- Paul Fuller, Ph.D., on his biography of Laura Clay, Ky. reformer, researched and written in 1960s
- Corlia Logsdon on Ky. Dept. of Education and gender equity initiatives in K-12 public schools
- Nancy Taylor on her living history character portrayal of Mary Lou Hollowell in the Black Patch wars of Ky.
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| 12:00 noon |
Business Meeting and Presentation of Student Writing Awards:
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch and Plenary Session Speech by Elsa Barkley Brown, Ph.D., University of Maryland, "Conceptualizing and Teaching the History of Women of Color"
Introduction by Melissa McEuen, Ph.D., Transylvania University |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions:
- Discussion on Modern Medea: A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old South by Anne Butler, Ph.D., Director of Ky. State Univ.'s Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans, and author Steven Weisenburger, Ph.D., English Dept., Univ. of Ky.
- Betsy Brinson, Ph.D. (Ky. Historical Society) and Fon Gordon, Ph.D. (History Department, University of Kentucky) will present their latest version of the oral history and research work being done on women in the Ky. civil rights movement
- "The Art of Writing History and Social Change" panel by Judi Jennings, Ph.D., Director, Ky. Foundation for Women; Catherine Fosl, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; Emily Bingham, Ph.D., Bellarmine College ; and Carrider Jones
- Caucus by Kathie Johnson, (University of Louisville), Karen McDaniel, (Ky. State University), and Gae Broadwater (AAUW) on bringing WS faculty across the state into the Women's History Coalition of Ky. and working together regularly on issues of common interest
- Information sessions on
- the Ky. chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education (KY-NAME) led by Terri Morford, Woodford County High School; and Karen Cheser, supervisor of the Kenton County School District and Vice-President of KY-NAME
- the Junior Historical Society , by KATH Board member Brenda Hall and by Rebecca Hanley, Ky. Historical Society
- the Center for Women, Diversity & Leadership at Midway College, led by David Arnold, Coordinator
- the New Opportunity School for Women, led by Caroline Francis, Executive Director
- the National History Day, led by Betty Fugate, Ky. Historical Society
- Tours of the new History Center by Vicky Middleswarth
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