The Luann Dummer Lecture Series
The Luann Dummer Lecture Series features a distinguished woman speaker each March, Women's History Month. Established in 1994 through a gift from the estate of Dr. Luann Dummer, the lecture series is open to the St. Thomas community and the public.
Women's History Month Speakers
| 2022 | Leslie Jamison |
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"Women and the Pandemic" |
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| 2021 | Robin Wall Kimmerer |
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"What Does the Earth Ask of Us?" |
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| 2020 |
Tarana Burke |
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Founder of the 'Me Too' Movement |
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| 2019 |
Ann Bancroft |
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"No Horizon Is So Far" View Ms. Bancroft's lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ueTb2VgxSk |
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2018 |
Lynsey Addario |
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"Women's Work in the Time of War" View Ms. Addario's lecture here: https://stthomas.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=c641ceac-3b4e-4d5a-86c7-a89d00eed2f8&v=1 |
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2017 |
Nina Totenberg |
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"Women's History and the Supreme Court" View Ms. Totenberg's lecture here: https://youtu.be/Ih5Cx4cxG0c |
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2016 |
Dr. Roxane Gay |
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"Bad Feminism 101 with Roxane Gay" View Dr. Gay's lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-KNWiekAjU |
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2015 |
Winona LaDuke |
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"Woman and Native Struggles: Toward Ecological Transformation" |
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2014 |
Dr. Haleh Esfandiari |
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"The Women's Movement in Iran and the Middle East" |
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2013 |
Dr. Sara Paretsky |
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"Women, Speech, and Silence" |
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2012 |
Sheryl WuDunn |
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“Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity Worldwide” |
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2011 |
Gail Collins |
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“America’s Women” |
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2010 |
Mary Robinson |
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“The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Women and Children” |
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2009 |
Susan Faludi |
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"Does Feminism Still Matter?" |
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2008 |
Minnijean Brown Trickey |
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"Return to Little Rock" |
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2007 |
Dr. Stephanie Coontz |
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"Courting Disaster? The Past and Future of Marriage" |
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2006 |
Dr. Bernice Sandler |
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"Warming Up to The Chilly Climate" |
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2005 |
Dr. Julianne Malveaux and Ms. Deborah Perry Piscione |
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“Unfinished Business:The 10 Most Important Issues Women Face Today” |
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2004 |
Mariah Burton Nelson |
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"How Title IX and the Women's Sports Revolution are Transforming Women, Men and Society" |
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2003 |
Dr. Sylvia Earle |
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“Experiencing the Deep Frontier” |
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2002 |
The Guerrilla Girls |
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An anonymous collective of female artists and art-world professionals who seek to expose sexism and racism in the art world and the culture at large. A multi-media presentation. |
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2001 |
Dr. Bonnie Dow |
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“Magical Teenagers, Skinny Lawyers, and Warrior Princesses: Can Prime-Time Feminism Survive the Millennium?” |
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2000 |
Dr. Rebecca Blank |
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“Welfare Reform and Women's Well-Being: What Have We Learned About Effectively Fighting Poverty?” |
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1999 |
Susan Chira |
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“A Mother’s Place: Choosing Work and Family Without Guilt or Blame" |
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1998 |
Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon |
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“The Sacred Repertoire of Sweet Honey in the Rock” |
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1997 |
Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether |
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“Femaleness and the Image of God: Questions for Theology and Ministry” |
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| 1996 |
Dr. Lydia Villa-Kamaroff |
| “A Life in Science: When Turtles Want to Fly” | |
| 1995 | Dr. Mary Frances Berry |
| “Long Memories: Gender, Race and Social Policy” | |
| 1994 |
Dr. Carolyn Heilbrun |
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"Writing of Women's Lives: Adventures in Detective Novels & Biographies" |