Newswise — WHO: American University experts
WHAT: March is National Women’s History Month and American University history experts are available to comment on a variety of issues including feminism, Jewish women’s history, African-American history, and depictions of women in the fashion and food industries.
WHEN: March 8 - ongoing
WHERE: In–studio, on campus, via email or via telephone
Pamela Nadell, the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women's and Gender History, can comment on American women's history, especially the 19th-century women's movement that led to the 1920 suffrage amendment and the second wave of feminism in the 1960s. Nadell, an expert in women’s history, is also an expert in Jewish history, the history of Jewish women, the Holocaust, American Jewry, American Jewish history, and Judaism.
Kate Haulman researches and teaches early North American and American women's and gender history. She is the author of The Politics of Fashion in Eighteenth-Century America, and co-editor, with Pamela Nadell, of Making Women's Histories: Beyond National Perspectives.
Katherina Vester is assistant professor of history and author of A Taste of Power: Food and American Identities, which examines gender roles and culinary arts in early America. However, even in the 21st century, there are plenty of gender stereotypes in the culinary world, Vester finds. In examining numerous TV cooking shows, Vester has found notable differences between how male and female chefs are presented. For example, the controversial cooking show host Paula Deen runs her own business empire, but she's usually portrayed as a kindly grandmother in her kitchen. Yet male hosts tend to be shown in a professional setting in their chef whites.
Theresa Runstedtler, associate professor, history, and author of Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line studies black popular culture and black internationalism. Rundstedtler is the chair of a new collaborative at AU, the Critical Race, Gender & Culture Studies Collaborative. CRGC houses six interdisciplinary programs that serve marginalized, underrepresented, and allied students on AU’s campus: American Studies, Arab World Studies, Asian Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. -AU-
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