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Ann Crittenden, author of The Price of Motherhood and a former New York Times economics reporter, will headline Lafayette’s annual celebration of Women’s History Month in March.
The schedule of events includes performances, a film, a poetry reading, a conference, discussions, lectures, and exhibits. With the exception of the conference, all are free and open to the public.
Crittenden will join a conversation hour 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, in the Wilson Room of Pfenning Alumni Center. She also will give a lecture 7:30 p.m. that evening on issues raised in her recent book, The Price of Motherhood, in the Kirby Hall of Civil Rights auditorium. The events are free and open to the public.
In The Price of Motherhood, Crittenden argues that motherhood is the “single greatest obstacle left in the path to economic equality for women.” The New York Times Book Review calls the book “powerful and importantWritten with a fine passion and a biting wit, The Price of Motherhood challenges the received ideas of economists, feminists and conservatives alike and ought to be read by all of them.”
As a reporter for The New York Times from 1975 to 1983, Crittenden wrote on a broad range of economic issues, initiated numerous investigative reports, and authored a series on world hunger that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She was also a financial writer and foreign correspondent for Newsweek, a reporter for Fortune, a visiting lecturer at MIT and Yale, a regular economics commentator for CBS News, and executive director of the Fund for Investigative Journalism in Washington, D.C.
Her previous books include Sanctuary: A Story of American Conscience and the Law in Collision, which was a New York Times Notable Book in 1988, and Killing the Sacred Cows: Bold Ideas for a New Economy. Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Foreign Affairs, and Barron’s, among others.
Her visit is sponsored by the women’s studies program, the Ruth Rubin Gluck Memorial Speaker Fund, and the economics and business department.
The Women’s History Month schedule of events:
7:30 p.m. Monday, March 1 – Film, Milk & Honey, Jaqua Auditorium, Hugel Science Center. The film is “the harrowing story of a Jamaican woman who emigrates to Canada and, overcome by a mother’s concern, later smuggles her young son into the country.”
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 – “Conversations,” lecture by Jamaican playwright and screenwriter Trevor Rhone, Kirby Hall of Civil Rights auditorium. Sponsored by Presidential Speaker Series on Diversity.
4:10 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 — Conversation hour with award-winning author and journalist Ann Crittenden, Wilson Room, Pfenning Alumni Center.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 — Keynote speech, “The Price of Motherhood,” Ann Crittenden, Kirby Hall of Civil Rights auditorium.
Noon Friday, March 5 — Brown bag discussion on gender issues raised by Milk & Honey with the film’s screenwriter, Trevor Rhone, Interfaith Chapel, Hogg Hall. Sponsored by Nia, a women’s organization that celebrates ethnicity, gender, and sisterhood.
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 5-6, The Vagina Monologues performances, Farinon Center Marlo Room. Sponsored by Association for Lafayette Women.
4:10 p.m. Monday, March 8 — Poetry reading, Debra Kang Dean, author of three collections of poetry and co-winner of the New England Poetry Club’s Sheila Margaret Motton Award, Interfaith Chapel, Hogg Hall.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 – Lecture, “The Fight for Marriage & Equality,” Michael Adams, director of education and public affairs for the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, Kirby Hall of Civil Rights auditorium.
March 10-April 12 – Exhibition, Womenkind Vision and Voice, Portlock Black Cultural Center. Sponsored by Office of Intercultural Development
8 p.m. Monday, March 22 – Workshop, “The Art of Kissing,” Farinon Center Atrium.
March 22-May 7 – Exhibition, “Meredith Monk: Archeology of an Artist 2,” Williams Center Art Gallery.
7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 – Performance, Dred Gerestant, a “gender-bending performance artist,” Oechsle Hall auditorium.
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 – Lecture, “Status of Women in Islam,” Abdessalam Ben Maissa, Fulbright Visiting Specialist from Morocco, Kirby Hall of Civil Rights auditorium.
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 – Sexual assault awareness program, “Can I Kiss You?” Farinon Snack Bar.
8 p.m. Wednesday, March 24 – Discussion, “Female Orgasm,” Kirby Hall of Civil Rights auditorium.
8 p.m. Friday, March 26 – Discussion, “Coming Out on Campus,” Kirby Hall of Civil Rights auditorium.
Friday-Saturday, March 26-27 — Council of Lafayette Women Conference, “Women’s Voices on Home, Health & Careers,” various campus locations. Twenty-four workshops and courses will cover topics such as stress reduction, improving finances, career development, and health. Three book discussion groups also will be held, including one led by the author herself.
7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 – Performance by English major Danielle Pollaci ’06 (Trenton, N.J.) about female body image, “Reflections,” Williams Center lobby.
8 p.m. Wednesday, March 31 — Roethke Humanities Festival keynote lecture, “The Aesthetics of Performance Art,” author RoseLee Goldberg, Kirby Hall of Civil Rights auditorium. She will explore the rich array of performance art that defined New York experimentation and breakthrough accomplishments from Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Meredith Monk, Ping Chong, Eric Bogosian, and many others. Sponsored by Roethke Humanities Festival and Williams Center for the Arts.