Hard Hatted Women: Trailblazing in the Labor Union @ IUP
- Categorized under Past Events
A multimedia exhibit featuring influential leaders in the Pittsburgh region’s labor movement during the 1970s and 1980s.
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
SUTTON HALL, ROOM 111
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PA
1011 SOUTH DRIVE, INDIANA PA 15705
FEBRUARY 9 – MARCH 9, 2019
Hard Hatted Women: Trailblazing in the Labor Union
- Categorized under Past Events
Hard Hatted Women: Trailblazing in the Labor Unions multimedia exhibit, Opening Reception, August 26, 2016.
Friends mingled with women featured in the Hard Hatted Women: Trailblazing in the Labor Unions multimedia exhibit at the Rivers of Steel Gallery, Homestead PA at the opening reception on August, 26, 2016. Anne Feeney and Ginny Hildebrand, featured in the exhibit, performed music from the labor movement. They also led a sing-a-long of “This Land is Your Land” and other movement songs.
Documenting our History and Digitizing NOW Chapter Archives Panel
- Categorized under Past Events
Documenting our History and Digitizing NOW Chapter Archives Panel, NOW 50th Anniversary Conference, June 25, 2016, Washington, D.C.
Pat Ulbrich, In Sisterhood Project Director, participated in the panel, Documenting our History and Digitizing NOW Chapter Archives, at NOW’s 50th Anniversary Conference. She presented an overview of the oral history project’s goals to preserve the history of the women’s movement in Pittsburgh and create a digitized collection that will be housed at the University of Pittsburgh Libraries Archive Services Center.
History of the Women’s Movement Panel
- Categorized under Past Events
History of the Women’s Movement Panel at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Annual Conference, May 11, 2017.
Jessie Ramey, Ph.D., Chathan University, Lisa Terault, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University and Pat Ulbrich, Ph.D., In Sisterhood Project, were featured speakers on the History of the Women’s Movement Panel at the 24th annual conference of the Women in the Profession, Pennsylvania Bar Association Annual Conference. Heather Arnet, Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania moderated the panel.
Reproductive Health, Rights, Access, and Action Conference
- Categorized under Past Events
Activism and Reproductive Justice roundtable at the Reproductive Health, Rights, Access and Action Conference, March 20, 2015.
Pat Ulbrich, Director of The In Sisterhood Project, facilitated the roundtable on Activism and Reproductive Justice at the Reproductive Health, Rights, Access and Action Conference sponsored by the Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh on March 20, 2015. This conference drew together a multidisciplinary group of scholars, health care practitioners, and activists to interrogate the political, legal, social, and scientific dimensions of the struggle for reproductive rights in the United States.
A Celebration of Women’s Equality Day
- Categorized under Past Events
On August 26, 2013, friends of In Sisterhood: The Women’s Movement in Pittsburgh met at BE Galleries in Lawrenceville to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution and pay tribute to influential leaders of the women’s movement in the Pittsburgh region. We enjoyed tasty food, a signature cocktail, a special guest appearance by Susan B. Anthony, and an auction featuring unique prizes, including a tour of local historic suffragette sites.
This event was underwritten with generous support from the Eden Hall Foundation, Dollar Bank, Sitko Bruno LLC, UPMC, Murray Avenue Apothecary, Paragon Foods, BE Galleries, and the Kell Group. We would like to gratefully acknowledge members of the host committee: Paulette Balogh, Georgia Berner, Joy Borelli-Edwards, Kate Colligan, Anna Doering, Alma Speed Fox, Sue Frietsche, Maggie Jensen, Cheryl Kubelick, Nancy Reese, Judy Ruszkowski, Ilene Schwartz, Beth Slagle, and Cecile Springer.
Event photos by Larry Rippel.
Sisterhood in Pittsburgh Panel Discussion
- Categorized under Past Events
Photo by Ann Pfeiffer
Jeanne Clark, Alma Speed Fox, Cindy Judd Hill, Sister Patricia McCann and Molly Rush participated in a panel discussion moderated by Pat Ulbrich entitled,”Sisterhood in Pittsburgh: women’s liberation from the 1960s to today” at the H. John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
Exhibit Reception at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Categorized under Past Events
Photo by Jamie Empfield
The Opening Reception for In Sisterhood: the Women’s Movement in Pittsburgh and BridgeBuilders multimedia exhibits took place on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Six O’clock Series
- Categorized under Past Events
In Sisterhood: The Women’s Movement in Pittsburgh was the subject of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Six O’clock Series on Monday, February 16, 2013 in the Hadley Union Building. Panelists Ann Begler, Barbara Hafer, Maureen McHugh and Pat Ulbrich discussed the oral history project.
Exhibit Tours at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Categorized under Past Events
Photo by Jamie Empfield
Pat Ulbrich and Barbara Hafer led a docent tour of the In Sisterhood: the Women’s Movement in Pittsburgh and BridgeBuilders multimedia exhibits for the Federation of Democratic Women at the University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Monday, March 4, 2013.