Women’s History Month
Vanderbilt celebrates Women’s History Month each March. Women’s History Month honors and celebrates the struggles and achievements of women of all nations and cultures.
The art featured on the 2024 Women’s History Month poster is created by Liz Flores, a Chicago-based painter and muralist deeply influenced by the everyday human experience, storytelling, and the female body. Working primarily with acrylic paint on canvas, her work is a representation of the human condition through lines, shapes, and abstract figures and is driven by her interests in community, womanhood, and Latinidad. While the women in her paintings are influenced by her experiences, they remain ambiguous in face and form, allowing the viewer to see themselves.
Her mural work can be found throughout the Chicagoland Area. In addition to working with private and commercial clients like Lululemon and Target, she has exhibited her artwork in galleries throughout Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Canada. You can learn more about Liz Flores and her work here.
For more about the origins of Women’s History Month, visit womenshistorymonth.gov.
Questions? Please contact the Women’s Center at womenctr@vanderbilt.edu
Joining an event on Zoom this month? Use one of our WHM Background Images!
Thursday, February 29
4:00 p.m.
Black Cultural Center Auditorium
Black Pearl: Honoring Matriarchal Love and Wisdom
Target Audience: All
This event aims to uplift and illuminate the invaluable contributions of matriarchal figures in our lives, creating a space where their stories can echo through generations.
Thursday, February 29
5:30 p.m.
Buttrick 101
Women of the British Atlantic Slave Trade: A Talk by Stephanie Jones-Rogers
Stephanie Jones-Rogers, Associate Professor of History, University of California Berkeley
Target Audience: All
Stephanie Jones-Rogers will share her research about women, systems of bondage, and the slave trade. Dinner will be provided.
Thursday, February 29
7:30 p.m.
Sarratt Cinema
Target Audience: All
This documentary tells the story of a working-class mother in Argentina who faces challenges in seeking an abortion for her daughter, who has been sexually abused.
Friday, March 1– Friday, March 29
Period Product Supply Drive
Target Audience: All
Donations can be dropped off throughout March during the Women’s Center’s normal hours.
You can purchase items to donate to the Community Resource Center here.
Friday, March 1–Sunday, March 31
K.C. Potter Center
K.C. Potter Center Women’s History Month Exhibit
Target Audience: All
This exhibit on women’s queer relationships and romantic friendships will be on display during the opening hours of the K.C. Potter Center.
Friday, March 1
10:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m.
Board of Trust Room, Student Life Center
Target Audience: Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional Students
This symposium will explore strategies to navigate conflict, enhance work-life balance, and develop impactful mentorship connections for women.
Please register here.
Friday, March 1
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
Free Book Friday
Target Audience: All
Come to the Women’s Center to pick up a book related to women’s history!
Monday, March 4
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
Women’s History Month Kickoff
Target Audience: All
Stop by for refreshments, conversation, and a chance to pick up a copy of the month’s printed events calendar!
Monday, March 4
5:00 p.m.
Commons MPR
Speaker Series: Miller Morris
Miller Morris, Founder of the Comma Collective
Target Audience: All
Monday, March 4
7:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Divinity School, The Space
Can Surrogacy Be Feminist? How About Christian?
Target Audience: All
Join Professor Kao, a feminist Christian and former surrogate, as she unpacks what is behind the societal discomfort with this method of family expansion and then offers a vision where surrogacy, if conducted ethically, can advance both feminist and Christian aims.
Tuesday, March 5
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Sarratt 189
What’s [Sex] Got to Do with It?: Romantic Friendships in Early 20th Century Women’s Colleges
Target Audience: All
This presentation will discuss the hidden history of queer women’s relationships in higher education.
Wednesday, March 6
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Alumni Hall, Room 206
International Women’s Day Celebration
Target Audience: All
This celebration of girls and women across the globe will feature a lunchtime panel discussion with members of the Vanderbilt community.
Thursday, March 7
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Sarratt 335
Women’s History Month Relax and Unwind
Target Audience: All
Please consider stopping by the Student Center for Social Justice and Identity to decompress, destress, and enjoy a treat!
Thursday, March 7
12:15 p.m.
Kissam MPR C210
Beyonce, Taylor Swift, and Barbie, Oh My!
Target Audience: All
Join Warren College’s celebration of Women’s History Month with the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center Ambassadores for a discussion around the impact of women’s media on the economy! Lunch will be provided.
Friday, March 8
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
Free Book Friday
Target Audience: All
Come to the Women’s Center to pick up a book related to women’s history!
Monday, March 18
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Zoom
Rumbling with an Open Mind: Strategies for Conflict Resolution
Stacey Satchell, ICF Professional Certified Coach, MA, MS, Director, Graduate and Academic Success Program
Target Audience: All
This session, part of the Work–Life Workshop series, will focus on tools to manage conflict resolution.
Tuesday, March 19
12:00–2:30 p.m.
Eskind Biomedical Library Room 238
Women in Bioethics
Target Audience: All
This panel discussion on current research in the field of bioethics will include a round of lightning talks from current graduate students and faculty from the Philosophy Department and the Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society.
Tuesday, March 19
2:00 p.m.
Women’s Center
Tuesday Tea with the Women’s Employee Affinity Group
Target Audience: Staff and Faculty
Join the Women’s Employee Affinity Group for a chance to network with other women staff and faculty members at Vanderbilt.
Tuesday, March 19
4:00 p.m.
Buttrick 102
Choices and Challenges: Women’s Reproductive Health Care Post-Roe
Merle Hoffman, CEO, Choices Women’s Medical Center
Target Audience: All
Join us to learn from author, activist, and longtime feminist, Merle Hoffman, the CEO of one of the nation’s largest women’s medical facilities.
Wednesday, March 20
12:00 p.m.
Buttrick 123
Inclusive Book Group: Five Little Indians
Target Audience: All
Please join us for a conversation about Michelle Good’s book, Five Little Indians.
Wednesday, March 20
12:00–2:00 p.m.
Cohen 134
Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Target Audience: All
This session will discuss how to edit and improve Wikipedia’s coverage of women artists, curators, and architects in meaningful ways. Lunch will be provided.
Thursday, March 21
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Women’s Center
Feminist Art Exhibit
Target Audience: All
Stop by the Women’s Center to see ceramic pieces made by Vanderbilt community members in the spirit of Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party.
Thursday, March 21
6:00 p.m.
Women’s Center
A League of Our Own: A Panel Discussion
Target Audience: All
Join the Women’s Center Ambassadores and Women in Government for a panel discussion with the women leading the Nashville Metro Council.
Friday, March 22
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
Free Book Friday
Target Audience: All
Come to the Women’s Center to pick up a book related to women’s history!
Friday, March 22
3:00–7:00 p.m.
Student Life Center Ballrooms
Women in STEM Symposium
Target Audience: All
The symposium will feature interactive panel discussions and workshops, networking opportunities, and much more!
Friday, March 22
7:00 p.m.
Rothschild Black Box Theater
No Man’s Land Film Festival Screening
Target Audience: All
As a way to showcase amazing women climbers, the Vanderbilt Climbing Club will be hosting this screening with support from the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center.
Tickets available here.
Monday, March 25
12:00–1:15 p.m.
Alumni Hall, Memorial Room 202
Hidden Labor: Women, Caregiving, and the Academy
Feylyn Mercedies Lewis, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Yolanda J. McDonald, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Human and Organizational Development
Kathleen Seabolt, Ed.D., Executive Director, Vanderbilt Child and Family Center
Claudine Taaffe, Ph.D., Associate Chair, Department of African American and Diaspora Studies
Moderated by Stacey Bonner, MSW, Director, Health and Wellness Programs
Target Audience: All
This session of the Women in the Academy series will examine challenges associated with caregiving while pursuing a career.
Monday, March 25
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Central Library, Room 418A
Discussion of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Target Audience: All
Join a group conversation about Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, the young adult classic, which has been banned multiple times since its publication in 1970.
Tuesday, March 26
11:00 a.m.
Zoom
“Biotech Entrepreneurship: Stories & Strategies”
Elizabeth Ann Stringer (PhD’10), chief scientific officer of Nashville Biosciences, founding member of axialHealthcare
Karrie Dudek (PhD’21), CEO of Eupalinos Inc., ASPIRE to Innovate Postdoctoral Fellow, consultant to the nascent medical device company Gait Guide through the Wond’ry Innovation Consulting Program
Shabnam Eghbali, co-founder of Theia, a nonprofit that empowers women to change health care, CTTC innovation ambassador, resident physician of internal medicine at VUMC
Target Audience: All
In honor of Women’s History Month, the next installment of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences’ Lab-to-Table Conversations will explore the landscape of biotech entrepreneurship with an all-female panel.
Please register here.
Tuesday, March 26
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Community Room,
Central Library
Book Talk with Andrew Maraniss
Target Audience: All
Author Andrew Maraniss will be speaking about his book Inaugural Ballers: The True Story of the First U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team.
Wednesday, March 27
12:00 p.m.
Sarratt 325/327
Navigating the Workplace as Black Women
An Alumnae Career Panel
Target Audience: All
Join the AVBA in celebrating Women’s History Month for lunch and a panel discussion featuring Black Vanderbilt alumnae
Wednesday, March 27
5:00 p.m.
Buttrick 102
Under G-D
Target Audience: All
This short documentary explores the movement to protect access to abortion as a matter of religious liberty. Following the film, there will be a discussion featuring Professor Rebecca Epstein-Levi (Jewish Studies and GSS) and Professor Sara Mayeux (Law School).
Thursday, March 28
4:00 p.m.
Buttrick 101
Period: The Real Story of Menstruation
Kate Clancy, Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois
Target Audience: All
Kate Clancy will share her bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation.
Friday, March 29
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Alumni Hall, Room 206
Period Product Packing Party
Target Audience: All
Join the Women’s Center and the Community Resource Center (CRC) to pack menstrual products for distribution to nonprofits and schools in Middle Tennessee. If you aren’t able to attend, please consider purchasing items for the CRC through their Amazon Wishlist.
Friday, March 29
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
The Space, Vanderbilt Divinity School
Chat + When Conference
Target Audience: Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students
This hybrid event will facilitate international research collaborations, networking, and mentoring.