Celebrating Historic Women of Oakland

Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m. to Noon
Mills College, Oakland City
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Carnegie Hall, Bender Room
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Free and open to all



A celebration of famous Oakland Women on the beautiful Mills College Campus. 

Program Highlights:

  • Gloria Fangon-Hitz: Co-founder of POWER, graduated Mills 1980, Caldecott broker associate: Welcome and introduction.

  • Annalee Allen, Oakland historian - Historic Oakland women:

               
    Delilah Beasley
1871-1934
Ina Coolbrith
1841-1928
Julia Morgan
1872-1957
Aurelia Reinhardt
1877-1948
Gertrude Stein
1874-1946
 
  • Priya Kandaswamy, Professor, Mills College Women's Studies Program: The history of women's studies.

  • Molly Murphy McGregor, president and founder of the National Women's History Project.

  • Isadora Duncan as a "famous" Oakland Woman, performed by Lois Flood.

 

 

Printable program for this event  

Photos from the event:  (click for full images)

March 31 attendees Lois Flood Oakland Fire Chief

Molly Murphy McGregor

This event was part of the series: A Century of Empowered Women – Let's Keep Making History, presented by
Progressive Oakland Women for Empowerment and Reform (POWER) in cooperation with
American Association of University Women, Oakland-Piedmont
League of Women Voters, Oakland
National Women's History Project

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