University of Houston-Clear Lake celebrates Women's History Month

The University of Houston-Clear Lake has several special events scheduled throughout March in celebration of Women's History Month.

The Office of Intercultural and International Student Services will screen Iron Jawed Angels from 5-7 p.m. on March 20 in the Forest Room of the university's Bayou Building, 2700 Bay Area Blvd. The 2004 film stars Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston and focuses on the struggles of women suffragists in the 1910s. Admission to the film is free. For more information, contact Julie Smith at 281-283-2578 or by email at smithj@ehcl.edu.

The university's Film & Speaker Series will present the 2010 film Made in Dagenham at 7 p.m. on March 23 in the lecture hall of the Student Services Classroom Building, 2700 Bay Area Blvd. The movie looks at the struggle of underpaid women at the United Kingdom Ford factory in 1968. Tickets are $3.75 or free for University of Houston-Clear Lake students. The evening's speaker will be Assistant Professor of English Elizabeth Klett. For more information, contact Sonia Hernandez at atmovies@uhcl.edu.

A performance by Erin Foster and Kristina Koutsoudis titled Sephardic, Sufi & Central Asian Music, Poetry and Dance will take place from 4-7 p.m. in the Garden Room of the university's Bayou Building, located at 2700 Bay Area Blvd. The event will be followed by the Women's Studies Advisory Board reception. For more information, contact Kim Case at 281-283-3338 or by email at caseki@uhcl.edu.

The school's Women's Studies Program will host a presentation by Heather Kerbow of Bay Area Turning Point, a nonprofit social service agency, entitled Violence Prevention in Our Families & Community: How We Can Help. The date time and location for this event have yet to be announced. For more information, contact Kim Case at 281-283-3338 or by email at caseki@uhcl.edu.

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