• Feminist Book Club Session #1

    Friendly City Books 1500 N 5th St, Columbus, MS, United States

    At the club’s first session, members will discuss Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me. Lessa Harvey, an 1884 Fellow in the Women’s College, created this feminist book club after […]

  • Feminist Book Club Session #2

    Friendly City Books 1500 N 5th St, Columbus, MS, United States

    At the club’s second session, members will discuss The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick. Lessa Harvey, an 1884 Fellow in the Women’s College, created this feminist book club […]

  • Feminist Book Club Session #3

    Friendly City Books 1500 N 5th St, Columbus, MS, United States

    At the club’s last fall session, members will discuss Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. Lessa Harvey, an 1884 Fellow in the Women’s College, created this feminist book club after working […]

  • Art History in the Making: Three Southern Women Artists

    Gail Gunter Multi-Purpose Room

    Sheryl Jefferies, independent scholar and oral historian, will speak about three contemporary southern women artists, including MUW alum and Columbus native Elayne Goodman. Sheryl is a contributing author for Beyond […]

  • 1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey’s Feminist Book Club: Session 1

    Friendly City Books 1500 N 5th St, Columbus, MS, United States

    But what about men? The spring sessions of 1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey’s Feminist Book Club begin with Caitlin Moran’s examination of masculinity in What About Men? Join the book club […]

  • Special Performance by Julia Mortyakova

    Fant Memorial Library 1100 College St, Columbus, MS, United States

    Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at The W, Julia Mortyakova will discuss how she founded the International Music by Women Festival. She will also perform songs by […]

  • 1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey’s Feminist Book Club: Session 2

    Friendly City Books 1500 N 5th St, Columbus, MS, United States

    Octavia Butler’s dystopian Parable of the Sower is the feminist book club’s next spring read. Whether you are new to speculative fiction or a long-standing fan, join this discussion of […]

  • 1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey’s Feminist Book Club: Session 3

    Friendly City Books 1500 N 5th St, Columbus, MS, United States

    The feminist book club’s final book pick of the spring is an introduction to contemporary feminism for the Instagram age. Florence Given’s Women Don’t Owe You Pretty points out the […]