A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SYMPOSIUM

WEBCAST OF PROCEEDINGS

June 19-20, 2003
Coolidge Auditorium, Ground Floor
Thomas Jefferson Building

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A copy of the original symposium schedule, with references to exact times of sessions and related events, is available. The program below reflects the exact order of the presentations given during the two-day symposium.

Thursday | Friday

THURSDAY - JUNE 19, 2003

WELCOMING REMARKS

Diane Nester Kresh, Director, Public Services Collections Read Bio | View Webcast (11 minutes)

PANEL ONE: BIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS

Chair: Susan Ware, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study    Read Bio | View Webcast (6 minutes)

Speakers:
           A'Lelia Bundles, ABC News   Read Bio | View Webcast (13 minutes)
           Joanne Passet, Indiana University East    Read Bio | View Webcast (19 minutes)
           Allida M. Black, George Washington University   Read Bio | View Webcast (20 minutes)

Questions from Audience:   View Webcast (27 minutes)

PANEL TWO: BIOGRAPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS AT HISTORIC SITES, ON STAGE, AND IN FILM

Chair: Susan Ware, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study   Read Bio | View Webcast (6 minutes)

Speakers:
           Esther White, Mount Vernon   Read Bio | View Webcast (16 minutes)
           Virginia Yans, Rutgers University   Read Bio | View Webcast (15 minutes)
           Kristy Andersen, Bay Bottom News   Read Bio | View Webcast (15 minutes)

Questions from Audience:   View Webcast (31 minutes)

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE: BIOGRAPHICAL INTERPRETATION

Speaker:
Lynn Schrichte, Actress and Independent Researcher Read Bio | View Webcast (25 minutes)

KEYNOTE: WOMEN AND THE LAW

Welcome: James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress    Read Bio | View Webcast (4 minutes)

Moderator: Wendy Webster Williams, Georgetown University Law Center    Read Bio
          Introduction to Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg   View Webcast (12 minutes)

Opening Remarks:
          Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, United States Supreme Court   Read Bio | View Webcast (4 minutes)
          Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court   Read Bio | View Webcast (14 minutes)

Moderator: Wendy Webster Williams, Georgetown University Law Center    Read Bio
          Introduction to Linda K. Kerber and Patricia J. Williams   View Webcast (2 minutes)

Speakers:
           Linda K. Kerber, University of Iowa   Read Bio | View Webcast (21 minutes)
           Patricia J. Williams, Columbia Law School   Read Bio | View Webcast (19 minutes)

Questions from Audience:   View Webcast (7 minutes)

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FRIDAY - JUNE 20, 2003

WELCOMING REMARKS

Welcome: James H. Hutson, Chief, Library of Congress Manuscript Division View Webcast (2 minutes)

Opening Remarks: Susan Stamberg, National Public Radio Read Bio | View Webcast (20 minutes)

PANEL THREE: WOMEN AND POLITICAL AND SOCIAL REFORM

Chair: Kriste Lindenmeyer, University of Maryland Baltimore County    Read Bio | View Webcast (4 minutes)

Speakers:
           Barbara Clark Smith, Smithsonian Institution    Read Bio | View Webcast (24 minutes)
           Gail G. Petri, Library of Congress Consultant    Read Bio | View Webcast (25 minutes)
           Kriste Lindenmeyer, University of Maryland Baltimore County    Read Bio | View Webcast (19 minutes)

Questions from Audience:   View Webcast (8 minutes)

PANEL FOUR: WOMEN'S PRIVATE LIVES

Chair: Elsa Barkley Brown, University of Maryland, College Park   Read Bio | View Webcast (5 minutes)

Speakers:
           Valerie Matsumoto, University of California, Los Angeles    Read Bio | View Webcast (21 minutes)
           Kelly Schrum, George Mason University   Read Bio | View Webcast (22 minutes)
           Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Company/The American Girls Collection    Read Bio | View Webcast (26 minutes)

Questions from Audience:   View Webcast (8 minutes)

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE: WOMEN'S PRIVATE LIVES

Chair: Elsa Barkley Brown, University of Maryland, College Park Read Bio | View Webcast (5 minutes)

Speakers:
Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, P.S., A Partnership Read Bio | View Webcast (33 minutes)

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE: WOMEN AND LABOR

Chair: Sharon Harley, University of Maryland, College Park Read Bio | View Webcast (2 minutes)

Speakers:
Sheila Kirschbaum and Sheli Turocy, Tsongas Industrial History Center Read Bio | View Webcast (19 minutes)

PANEL FIVE: WOMEN AND LABOR

Chair: Sharon Harley, University of Maryland, College Park    Read Bio | View Webcast (3 minutes)

Speakers:
           Lisa Ades, Orchard Films    Read Bio | View Webcast (29 minutes)
           Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, Howard University    Read Bio | View Webcast (14 minutes)

Questions from Audience:   View Webcast (18 minutes)

CLOSING ADDRESS

Introduction: Diane Nester Kresh, Director, Public Services Collections Read Bio | View Webcast (2 minutes)

Speaker:
Nancy F. Cott, Harvard University and Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Read Bio | View Webcast (58 minutes)

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February 12, 2009

A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SYMPOSIUM

WEBCAST OF PROCEEDINGS

June 19-20, 2003 Coolidge Auditorium, Ground Floor Thomas Jefferson Building

June 19-20, 2003
Coolidge Auditorium, Ground Floor
Thomas Jefferson Building