News from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
First and foremost, we want to say “congratulations” to our wonderful 2020 graduates! Second, we want to acknowledge that this isn’t the end of the year we expected, but we will still try to honor your achievement as best we can! Without further ado, our seniors: Crystal Brandenburgh, from Council Bluffs, Iowa, graduated with a … Continue reading Catt Center 2020 graduates share future plans
Nominations are being accepted for the 2021 Women Impacting ISU calendar through Friday, Sept. 25, until 11:59 p.m. Instructions on how to nominate someone and a link to the online nomination form are available on the Catt Center’s website. You do not need to be employed by Iowa State or be an Iowa State student … Continue reading Nominations for 2021 Women Impacting ISU calendar due Sept. 25
The Catt Center is accepting applications for the 2020 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics through Nov. 22, 2020. This annual competition is designed to encourage and reward scholars embarking on significant research in the area of women and politics. Since the first prize was awarded in 1995, a total of … Continue reading 2020 Catt research prize deadline is Nov. 22
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of its faculty, students, alumni and supporters: Crystal Brandenburgh, a May 2020 Iowa State University graduate in history and the center’s Archives of Women’s Political Communications research intern from 2018-2020, has been accepted to Carnegie Mellon University’s Ph.D. … Continue reading Of note: News about center faculty, students, alumni and supporters
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics hosted the Hard Won. Not Done. 19th Amendment Centennial Commemoration Statewide Kickoff on Feb. 14 in the Memorial Union. The day began with a showing of the Iowa PBS documentary, “Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior For Women” in the Great Hall. The Mary Louise Smith Chair for … Continue reading Hard Won. Not Done. kickoff set successful tone for state events
Seven research projects received funding through the 2019 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics. “The Catt Center received 85 proposals from disciplines as varied as political science, history, theatre, queer studies, women’s studies and communication. Choosing from such a varied and high-quality pool of proposals is both rewarding and challenging,” said … Continue reading 2019 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics funds seven projects
A new exhibit documenting the contributions of African American women to the suffrage movement in Iowa is now available for display in museums and public libraries and at other organizations and events statewide. The product of a collaboration between the Iowa Department of Human Rights’ Office on the Status of Women, the Central Iowa Community … Continue reading ‘Toward a Universal Suffrage’ exhibit available for circulation
Kristine Perkins, public relations/student programs coordinator for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, worked her last day at the center on March 3. On March 4, she began her new position as a communications specialist III with the agricultural and biosystems engineering and civil, construction and environmental engineering departments in the College … Continue reading Catt Center announces changes in staffing
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is facilitating a vertically integrated project with undergraduate students to complete long-term, multi-year research projects. Only a handful of vertically integrated projects are being conducted at Iowa State, and this project is the first for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Other departments with VIP … Continue reading Catt Center pilots unique undergraduate research project
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is sponsoring two upcoming events that focus on suffragists and the suffrage movement. The center is bringing in author Tricia Foley on March 11 to present “Suffragette, Editor, Abolitionist: The Story of Mary Louise Booth.” The center is also sponsoring “One Woman, One Vote: Rediscovering the … Continue reading Catt Center sponsors two author events