Orono, Maine Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau visited the University of Maine Feb. 18 for tours, discussions with students and a meeting with UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy as a Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. Since 2006, the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center has hosted distinguished policymakers from Maine […]
March 22, 2021
March is well known as Women’s History Month and contains notable holidays like International Women’s Day and The Day of the Girl. Every year, many events celebrate the accomplishments of women and aim to bring light to gender inequality. The women’s, gender, and sexuality (WGS) department at the University of Maine is celebrating this month by hosting a series of events that students can access through their social media pages on Facebook and Instagram.
According to Laura Cowan, director of the WGS program at UMaine and associate professor of English Women’s History used to be confined to March 8, 1911, rather than an entire month. In Cowan’s experience as a teenager living in France, she remembered Women’s Day as similar to Mother’s Day, but more inclusive as it recognized every woman.