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Women's History Month

Mason Women Making History

From first-generation graduates to leaders in local politics to innovative researchers discovering the next great tool for cancer screening, the women of Mason prove that history is made with great and small impacts.听听

During Women's History Month, Mason is highlighting some of the many achievements and contributions of women who have shaped our culture, society, and community. Check back throughout the month as we add stories and events to this page.

Campus Quick Takes: Women's History Month Edition asks, "Who has been your biggest inspiration?"

Editors of So to Speak with fellow editors from the Phoebe journal and Stillhouse Press at the 2019 Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference.
So to Speak journal celebrates its 30th anniversary
Learn more about the student launched literary journal
Mason alum and Fairfax City Mayor, Catherine Read speaks with President Washington on ATE Podcast
Fairfax Mayor is outspoken, unfiltered

Mason alumna Catherine Read (BA government and politics 鈥84) is the first woman to be mayor of Fairfax City, Va., the university鈥檚 hometown, and she isn鈥檛 shy about touting a university which she says taught her how to think critically.

Dr. Christy Pichichero head shot
Why is Women's History Month important?
Hear more from Dr. Pichichero

Mason professor Christy Pichichero calls women's history 鈥渉istory with a capital H.鈥 She said, 鈥淲omen's history is just telling history as it was.鈥

Women's History Month Events

Throughout March and beyond, #MasonNation will host various events and share a collection of contemporary stories from across the spectrum of Mason's scholarly and artistic community.听

Ethnography and Feminist Ethics of Care | March 11, 12 p.m. | Virtual discussion with Dr. Leslie Dwyer | Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Visiting Filmmakers Series: NANNY with filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu听| March 13, 5 鈥 7:45 PM | Free screening of the award-winning feature film, NANNY, followed by a post-screening Q&A with the filmmaker (and Film at Mason professor), Nikyatu Jusu.

Nanny poster/film promotion

Visiting Writers Series: Reading and Conversation with Melanie Brooks, author of听A Hard Silence: One Daughter Remaps Family, Grief, And Faith When HIV/AIDS Changes It All听| March 14, 7:30 p.m. |

Women in Peace, a virtual discussion presented by the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution | March 15, 3 p.m.

Mason Exhibitions: The Innocents Punch Party with Maria Gaspar | March 15, 7 p.m. |

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Virginia Opera: Madama Butterfly | March 16, 7:30 p.m. - March 17, 2 p.m. |听This ever-popular opera will feature an all-female, Asian creative team, bringing a new lens to this tragic tale | 听

Madama Butterfly

Eileen Ivers: Raw Roots Tour | March 17, 4 p.m. |听GRAMMY Award-winning Irish fiddler Eileen Ivers | 听

Eileen Ivers: Raw Roots Tour | March 17, 4 p.m. |听GRAMMY Award-winning Irish fiddler Eileen Ivers | Tickets听
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Book launch: Childfree and Happy: Transforming the Rhetoric of Women's Reproductive Choices with author Courtney Adams Wooten听| Women and Gender Studies | March 25, 1-2 p.m. |

Peace Week: Learning from the 1923-24 Welsh Women's Peace Appeal to American Women | Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution | March 25, 10:30-11:50 a.m. | Virtual

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50 Year Anniversary Spotlight: The History of George Mason Women's Basketball

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Collage of Mason Women's Basketball over the past 50 years

Mason Women's sporting events this month

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