FEATURE PHOTO: Learning about women’s rights history
Karina Delgado, Assistant Photo Editor
March 5, 2020
Professor of English Julie D. Campbell (left) and sophomore Kimberly McWherter (right), a history education major, tune in during The 19th Amendment at 100: The Past, Present and Future of Women’s Suffrage speech. McWherter said she thought “it was awesome hearing about women’s suffrage and being...
Opera singer to perform 1-woman show
Hannah Shillo, Entertainment Reporter
March 20, 2019
Students and staff at Eastern can continue celebrating Women’s History and Awareness Month by attending a one-woman musical in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Dan Crews, director of programming, publicity and promotions at Doudna, said “It Just Takes One” stars opera performer...
Alumna to present on #MeToo movement to open Women’s History Month
Hannah Shillo, Entertainment Reporter
March 4, 2019
Eastern is kicking off Women’s History and Awareness Month (WHAM) with “The #MeToo Movement: Transition From Outrage to Action” with keynote speaker and Eastern alumna Julie Proscia on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Doudna Lecture Hall. English professor Marjorie Worthington said Proscia is part of an Illinois Senat...
History comes alive, Eastern students portray under-recognized women
Liz Stephens, City Reporter
March 1, 2017
Eastern students told the stories of under-recognized women from history at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library Thursday night. In honor of Women’s History Month, the women’s studies program sponsored a performance in the library where a group of students impersonated a woman of their choosing. History...
