Dear Field:
>
> The sixth Millennium Evening at the White House will be Monday, March 15,
> 1999 at 7:30pm (EST). You may participate in the event by watching via
> satellite or cybercast. To receive satellite downlink coordinates, click
> here. http://www.whitehouse.gov (the Millennium Council page is under
> "site news")
>
> The title for the sixth Millennium Evening is Women as Citizens: Vital
> Voices Through the Century. As the nation celebrates National Women?s
> History Month, The President and Mrs. Clinton will host a discussion on
> the history of American women in civic life in the 20th century. The
> discussion will focus on three themes: women as volunteers and reformers,
> women?s struggle for rights, and women in public/civic life. The
> presenters for the evening will be Dr. Nancy Cott, Dr. Alice
> Kessler-Harris and Dr. Ruth Simmons.
>
Nancy Cott is the Stanley Woodward Professor of History and American
> Studies at Yale University, where she has taught since 1975. She received her
Ph.D. in History of American Civilization from Brandeis University in 1974.
Presently, she is spending the year in Palo Alto, California, at the Center for
Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences. Her publications include: A
Heritage of Her Own: Towards a New Social History of American Women, co-editor;
The Grounding of Modern Feminism; A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard
Through Her Letters; and numerous articles. Dr. Cott is also the series editor
of the eleven-volume Young Oxford History of Women in the United States. She
has received Guggenheim, Rockefeller Foundation and NEH fellowships, and
lectures widely at academic
> conferences and on college campuses. Recently, Dr. Cott appeared as a
featured scholar on the PBS special, One Woman, One Vote. Her current research
focuses on the history of marriage and public policy in the United States.
>
Alice Kessler-Harris is a Visiting Professor at Columbia University where
> she holds a joint appointment in both the History Department and the
> Institute for Research on Women and Gender. She received her Ph.D. in
> History from Rutgers University in 1968. Currently, she also holds her
> appointment as Professor of History at Rutgers, where she directed the
> Women?s Studies Program from 1990 to 1995. She is described as one of the
foremost labor historians in the country and has played an important role in the
establishment of women?s studies. Dr. Kessler-Harris has authored and edited
over ten books, including: A Women?s Wage: Historical Meanings and Social
Consequences and Women in Culture and Politics: A Century of Change. One of her
main subjects is how working women have understood their world. She has
received fellowships from both Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, and from
NEH.
Ruth Simmons is President of Smith College, an appointment she has held
> since 1995. Prior to Smith, Dr. Simmons served as Provost of Spelman
> College, and Vice Provost, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Acting
> Director of African-American Studies at Princeton University. She
> received her Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard
University in 1973; her teaching and writing has centered on the literature of
francophone Africa and the Caribbean. Throughout her career she has been
> recognized as a leading practical feminist and educational administrator.
> She is active in a wide range of educational, charitable, and civic
> endeavors and holds honorary degrees from a number of colleges and
> universities, including Amherst, Dillard, UMass Amherst, Dartmouth and
> Princeton. She also serves on numerous boards, including Clarke School for the
Deaf, Pfizer, Inc., and Metropolitan Life Insurance. In 1996, she
> was named a CBS Woman of the Year, NBC Nightly News Most Inspiring Woman, and
Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year. In 1997, she was awarded the
> Centennial Medal from Harvard University.
Forwarded by Rizzolo Angela <rizzolo-angela@dol.gov>
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