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.
Learn the art of paleography and help shed light on early U.S. history.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Mississippi University for Women presents "The Soul of All America," the sixth and final episode from the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution. The episode covers the period from May 1780 through the drafting of the Constitution in the summer of 1787 and George Washington's selection as the first president of the United States of […]