Congratulations on 90 years, AAUW! ___________________________________________________ GEORGETOWN, Texas (August 14, 2013) – The Georgetown Branch of The American Association of University Women is celebrating its 90th anniversary in Georgetown with three unique and related special events. Highlighting both Georgetown history and the history of feminism in the United States, these events are being held in collaboration with several members of the faculty and students at Southwestern University. The events will begin on Monday, September 16th at the University’s A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center at 4:30 PM. Kathryn Stallard, Director of Special Collections, will give a presentation on The Jesse Daniel Ames Collection which is housed at the library. In 1923, Jesse Daniel Ames and nine other women faculty members at Southwestern University, the oldest institution of higher learning in Texas, organized the Georgetown Branch of AAUW. She served as president and was instrumental in establishing the Texas AAUW board. Jessie Daniel Ames was also an early feminist and political activist. Born in Texas in 1883, she received her B.A. degree in 1902 from Southwestern University. She became Vice-President of the Georgetown Telephone Company, Treasurer of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association, President of the Texas League of Women Voters, Executive Director of the Interracial Commission, Director of Women’s Work, and a member of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation for the South. She was also Director of the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching and authored several publications on the subject of the prevention of lynching. Following the presentation by Kathryn Stallard, AAUW members and guests will dine in the Dan Rather Room of The Mabee Commons dining hall at the University. After dinner, the group will move to the Heather Hall Black Box Theatre in the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at the University. There the group will attend a presentation by Dr. Kathleen Juhl, Professor of Theatre. Dr. Juhl and her students will discuss their class, called Feminism and Performance in which students will explore, in an intergenerational project, the differences and similarities between second wave and third wave generations of feminism. The class will culminate in a theatre performance at the university on Wednesday, November 20th. In preparation for the performance, AAUW members will be paired with the students in Dr. Juhl’s class. The students and the AAUW members will collaborate to write the script, rehearse and take part in the performance. The third in the series of AAUW Anniversary events takes place on October 19th, when Dr. Walter Herbert, Professor Emeritus of English at Southwestern University, will make a presentation on the life and activities of Jesse Daniel Ames. Guests are welcome at these three celebratory events. For more information, please contact Mary Kay Pierson at 512-864-9909 or georgetown-tx.aauw.net .
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