[Herstory] June CWLU Herstory E-Zine

Wed Jun 30 11:24:19 EDT 2004

Hello: Welcome to the June issue of the CWLU Herstory E-Zine.

Please send us news tips about upcoming events you know about. Also, 
don't be shy. Send us news about yourself and what you are doing. 
Feminist networking is part of what we are about. Forward our E-Zine 
to colleagues and friends who may want to subscribe.

Remember: Buy online from Women and Children First Books or the 
History Channel.com using the links from our website. It's a great 
way to buy books, videos, music or other items. We will earn a small 
but much needed commission.

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HERSTORY HEALTH PROJECT DELIVERS PRESENTATION AT MIDWEST CONFERENCE 
OF WOMEN AND GENDER HISTORIANS

Herstory Health Project members Mardge Cohen, Kathy Mallin, Coral 
Norris and Estelle Carol presented a history of the CWLU's health 
activism in Chicago on June 12th at Loyola University.

Using PowerPoint to show historic photos and leaflets, the 4 women 
were able to uncover a lot of previously hidden history in 40 
minutes. Attendance was small, but Health project members hope to use 
the experience to edit the PowerPoint show so it can be available for 
groups and classes.

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HERSTORY BROCHURES DISTRIBUTED AT NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES 
ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

Although the CWLU Herstory Project could not afford a literature 
table at the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) Conference 
in Milwaukee, Colette Morrow, the outgoing president of the NWSA 
stepped up to the plate and saw that our literature was distributed 
to the conference attendees.

We know a number of teachers use our site to educate their students 
about the women's liberation movement and we'd like to give special 
thanks to Colette for her efforts on our behalf.

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PLANNING CONTINUES FOR THE AUGUST MIDWEST VETERAN FEMINISTS OF 
AMERICA CONFERENCE

The Midwest Veteran Feminists of America are planning a special 
conference to honor Midwestern feminists and discuss how to move the 
feminist movement into the future.

The conference theme is "Unfinished Business of the Women's Movement 
- Dangers and Opportunities".Speakers include, Carol Moseley Braun, 
Rev. Willie T. Barrow, Mary Jean Collins, Sara Evans, Rev. Addie 
Wyatt and Heather Booth.

There will be break-out sessions and opportunities for informal networking.
Please visit http://www.vfamidwest.org for more info.

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RESEARCHER SEEKING HELP WITH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT IN CHICAGO

Marie McDonald is working on an oral history project that focuses on 
the lives of musicians, specifically on the lives of women in music. 
Her research cuts across all genres and there are no specifics as to 
how one is involved in music, i.e. singer, musician, songwriter, 
etc...she would love to hear from women involved in music here in 
Chicago who might be willing to participate in this research.

She also needs access to digital video and audio equipment while 
visiting Chicago. She is a producer at a PEG television station in 
Massachusetts (www.aotv13.org), so she know hows to use the 
equipment. . When she called the local PEG station here, The 
Executive Director's comment was "With 600 other producers we can't 
help you!"  If you can help her get access to digital video 
equipment, she would be grateful

Her website is at http://www.mimsmusic.org and you may e-mail her at 
mimacdonald at myrealbox.com .

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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY OPENS AN SEIU DISTRICT 925 ARCHIVE COLLECTION

The Walter P. Reuther Library of the College of Urban, Labor & 
Metropolitan Affairs has announced the opening of the Service 
Employees International Union (SEIU) District 925 Collection. 
Comprising 15 linear feet and spanning the years 1973 to 2004, this 
collection is an invaluable resource for historians and other 
scholars seeking to understand the interplay between the women's 
movement and the labor movement in the last quarter of the twentieth 
century.

District 925 successfully organized thousands of librarians, college 
and university support staff, day care, local government workers and 
other office, technical and professional employees. This organizing 
took place in hard-fought campaigns primarily in Massachusetts, Ohio 
and Washington. Along with 9 to 5,the National Association of Working 
Women, it lobbied for equal pay, affirmative action, child care, 
office health and safety and against age discrimination and sexual 
harassment.

District 925 merged with other SEIU locals in 2001 and lost its 
independent identity.

You may visit the archive at --

Walter P. Reuther Library,
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI 48237

http://www.reuther.wayne.edu

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LIFE'S A STITCH TO BE RECORDED BY THE AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

The women's humor book, "Life's a Stitch" will be turned into a 
recording accessible to the blind. Edited by Anne Dalin, the book 
contains essays and cartoons from a wide variety of sources. Herstory 
Project member Estelle Carol has several of her feminist labor 
cartoons in the anthology.

Editor Anne Dalin reports that people working on the recording of the 
book are having a great time laughing their way though the workday.

Profits from Life's a Stitch go to breast cancer research.

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WHAT'S NEW ON THE HERSTORY SITE

We added "One By One You're Gonna Know Our Power", a seminar paper 
about the Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band from UC student 
Hillary Resor.

We also added the following articles to our Feminist Salon:

Nominate a Woman for the Nobel Peace Prize by Margo Okazawa-Rey

Dr. Fraud By Kari Lydersen

What Abu Ghraib Taught Me by Barbara Ehrenreich

The Price of Democracy by Jo Freeman

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BOOK!

Promise of a Dream: Remembering the Sixties by Sheila Rowbotham. The 
author of Women, Resistance and Revolution reveals how she became a 
political activist and leading feminist historian.

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WEB SURFIN' WITH THE HERSTORY PROJECT

http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/

Artists Helping Children is a non-profit organization dedicated to 
bringing comfort to children in hospitals, clinics, and shelters by 
brightening their environment with murals and other art.

http://www.ClassMatters.org
How do you experience class differently because of your race, gender, 
religion, ethnic group, age or other identities? Betsy Leondar-Wright 
has organized this website to help people understand the complexity 
of those questions.

http://www.aviva.org/
AVIVA is a free webzine run by an international group of feminists 
based in London. They provide a free listings service for women 
everywhere,funded by advertising and sponsorship.

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Feminist Events and Actions Calendar

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Women and Children First Bookstore has a great July lineup

Marissa N. Batt and Gioia Diliberto  will be  appearing at Women and 
Children First Bookstore in Chicago during July. There will also be 
discussions and music.

5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
Phone(773) 769-9299.
Visit the Women and Children First website at 
http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com for dates and times as well as 
info about other events.

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National Women's Music Festival July 22-25
at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio

The National Women's Music Festival has been successfully providing 
an educational and performance forum for the development, 
exploration, enhancement, and empowerment of women's lives and 
women's culture for 30 years.

They are a diverse, multicultural, multi-ethnic group: young and old; 
black, Hispanic, Asian, white; with children and without; blue 
collar, academic, professional; with and without disabilities; 
single, married, coupled; from all backgrounds and sexual 
orientations. They are the family of women, although men can and do 
attend.

Please visit http://wiaonline.org/nwmf/ to register and purchase tickets.

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LOOKING FOR A JOB or GRANT?

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FRANCES SHAW WRITING FELLOWSHIP FOR WOMEN OVER 55

The Ragdale Foundation sponsors the Frances Shaw Writing Fellowship, 
open to women writers who began writing seriously after age 55. 
Fellows are flown to Ragdale from anywhere and receive a free 
six-week residency. The deadline for Frances Shaw Fellowship 
applications is February 1st of each year. For more information, 
contact:  Sylvia Brown at (847) 234-1063, ext. 205. or visit 
http://www.ragdale.org/fellowships.asp

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SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) IS SEEKING MIDWEST ORGANIZERS

SEIU has openings for both entry-level and experienced organizers 
throughout the Midwest, but especially in Chicago and IL, 
Minneapolis, Madison and Columbus. Union organizers discuss working 
conditions with people in their homes or workplaces, and assist them 
as they campaign for a union at their work site. We're hiring 
activists to help nursing home workers, janitors and security guards, 
public employees like Head Start workers and hospital employees 
organize, people who often don't even have healthcare for themselves 
or their families.

Positions are available on an ongoing basis. Starting salary ranges 
from mid-$20K to low $30K, with benefits. EOE. Women, people of 
color, and bilingual people are encouraged to apply. Please visit 
http://www.seiu.org  for more information.

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The Feminist Majority Foundation maintains a constantly updated 
database of employers looking for feminists. Check them out at 
http://www.feminist.org and look for "Career Center" on their 
homepage.They also have a place to post your resume if you are 
looking for a job.

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Well that's it for this month. Please send us any news about former 
CWLUers, upcoming events and feminist happenings. We depend on you to 
be our eyes and ears. Do you need research assistance? Do you provide 
a service? Do you need a service? Do you have a cool project you need 
help with? Are you looking for a job? Do you have a job to offer? Let 
us know and we'll try to include it. Feminist networking is part of 
what we are about. E-mail infogal at cwluherstory.org with your 
contribution.
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"We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert 
Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have 
long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on 
which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster." - 
Rachel Carson