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Celebrating the Legacy of the Fort Wayne Folk School50 Years of Women's Studies at PFW
"...Last year, Diane joined with 4 other women to team-teach a women's workshop in the Fort Wayne Folk School. The classes produced a core of women who went on to start a local group - The Feminists...who hold bimonthly meetings for the women of Fort Wayne" - Found Women, Diane Holman, Fort Wayne. MS Magazine, Jan. 1973
Essays and articles about the Folk School are archived at Yale University for their "historical significance."
The Folk School was part of the national Free School movement in the early 70's, which grew out of massive protests against America's invasion of Viet Nam, and the draft that was part of it.
"The Folk School saved my life." Bob Hanauer, former student, graduate, University of Wisconsin.
With an original one act play by Terry Doran, "Angel Fire," about his mother's descent into madness, (his motivation for starting women's classes)
Discussion with students and facu;lty in Women's Studies, and Harriett Miller and Monica Pugh, the first directors of the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau and the creators of "Run, Jane, Run." Music by "The Chaneys"
Prof. Katherine Fobear, Women's Studies, Ca State, Fresno, will present her essay on the Folk School, followed by drumming, dancing and music, June 4 at RiverDrums, Promenade Park, 4:20PM
Thank you Professors Deanna Wooley and Ann Livschwiz, chair of the Co-Curricular Women's Studies Committee!
Sponsored by School of Education History Department, Women's Studies, Purdue Fort Wayne; TRACK; Sweetwater Sound; Friends of the Third World; City of Fort Wayne
A FREE EVENT
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Purdue University Fort Wayne, Alumni Center BLDG, Purdue University Fort Wayne-Parking Lot, White Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, United States,Fort Wayne, Indiana