Monthly Archives: January 2011

Please join the Women’s Center, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Intercollegiate Athletics on Saturday, Jan. 29 @ 2pm at the OU vs.Northern Illinois game for a special event entitled, “Celebrating Women:Leaders On and Off the Court.” We hope to see … Continue reading →

Born on Jan 24, 1968 – Mary Lou Retton, first and only American woman to win a gold medal in the All-Around in gymnastics at the Olympics (1984), the first American woman to win a gold in gymnastics and the … Continue reading →

The application deadline for OU SAP Peer Advocates has been extended! The new deadline is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Applications can be turned into the SAP Office, 06 McKee House, or the Women’s Center, 403 Baker University Center. … Continue reading →

Kristen Magers is beginning her first quarter as a Women’s Center employee after volunteering at the Center during Fall Quarter. Kristen is a senior studying women’s and gender studies and psychology. “My academic interests are mostly within pop culture, and … Continue reading →

Jan 13, 1850 (1911) – Charlotte Ray, first African-American woman lawyer and first woman admitted to the bar in D.C. Jan. 13, 1917 Edna Hibel  the first woman to win the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts via National Women’s … Continue reading →

Jan 12, 1932 – Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-Arkansas) is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She was the first woman to chair a Senate Committee and the first to serve as the Senate’s presiding officer. Jan 12, 1820 … Continue reading →

The Ohio University Survivor Advocacy Program (OU SAP) is currently seeking applicants for Peer Advocates. Applicants must have strong public speaking and interpersonal skills, as well as compassion and commitment to the program. Those accepted to the program must commit … Continue reading →

On January 5, 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as the first woman governor in United States history. She was the governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and is the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming … Continue reading →

Ohio University Women’s Center Calendar of Events Winter 2011 Thursday, Jan. 6, 12 pm Women’s Center Open House Thursday, Jan. 13, 12 – 1:30 pm Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Love Should not Hurt; the Realities of Relationship Violence Kelly … Continue reading →