Dana McLean, Mississippi State Representative for District 39, will speak on her work fighting for legislation to mandate and streamline the process for victims of sexual assault to receive access to care and justice. Representative McLean is a recent winner of the 2025 Angel Award for advocacy. For more information about this event or others […]
Learn about well-known abolitionist Lydia Maria Child's public letters to Virginia's Governor and the wife of a Virginia Senator in the wake of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey's Feminist Book Club returns for Fall 2026 with a discussion of Charlotte Perkin's Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper." Join us at Friendly City Books in downtown Columbus for a conversation about this early feminist text.
In this installment of the Gordy Honors Forum series, Lauren Allbright, Director of Communications at Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB), will offer insights about how public media connects communities across the state. With over 15 years of experience in communications, digital marketing and creative strategy, Ms. Allbright brings a passion for thoughtful storytelling and meaningful audience […]
Dr. Jaime Harker, Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi and owner of Violet Valley Bookstore, the only feminist queer bookstore in Mississippi, will speak about her forthcoming book, Sapphfic: Queer Reading and Writing in the 21st Century. This event, celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month, is part […]
Mississippi University for Women presents "The Soul of All America," the fifth episode from the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution, but this time, we're dressing up for Halloween! Come in your most authentic Revolutionary garb; the best-dressed patriot will win a prize! The fifth episode covers the period from December 1777 through May […]
Learn about the mental and physical impact music brings to life by hearing from our Music Therapy majors! This event takes place in Poindexter Hall, is free and open to the public.
The Mississippi School for Math & Science and The W's Department of History, Political Science, & Geography are excited to welcome filmmaker Becca Finley to campus for a screening of her newest film, Citizens Revival. The film screening will begin just after 6:00 pm in Nissan Auditorium and will be followed by a half hour […]
1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey's Feminist Book Club will meet for a conversation about Audre Lorde's collection of essays and speeches in Sister Outsider.
In this interactive financial literacy workshop, Dr. Cecilia Brooks, Associate Professor of Family Science at MUW, will demonstrate how contextual factors influence family financial and consumption practices. Her research interests include financial decision-making and family financial socialization. This event is part of the Women's College Colloquium Series. For more information, contact womenscollege@muw.edu, or call 662.370.0758.
In this final book club of fall 2026, we will discuss Jacqueline Harpman's newly translated speculative fiction novel, I Who Have Never Known Men. The book explores female friendship in a post-apocalyptic setting. 1884 Lessa Harvey's Feminist Book Club began through her collaboration with Friendly City Books during the Nancy Yates Community Engagement Program.