The following is a list of our Fall 2026 Sack Lunch Seminars Schedule:

 Contact danforth@montana.edu for more information on these events

"For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women." -Elizabeth Blackwell (first U.S. female physician)

Nursing and Violence:A Visual History 

SUB 168,  Noon - 1 p.m., October 28th 

In the early modern Atlantic World, European Artists repeatedly protrayed Indigenous American Women as breastfeeding infants in the context of violence. Sometimes the women themselves were engaged in acts of violence, while at other times, they bore witness to them. In the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, what did it mean to portray these women in violent contexts. MSU professor Kate Johnston teaches and researches the history of the Atlantic world and her presentation will explore some of these themes and offer possible explanations.  

 

Trying to Feel Like Myself Again: Women's Experience of Menopause, Movement and Identity  

SUB 168,  Noon - 1 p.m. November 18th

Menopause is often discussed in terms of biological change, but a women's lived experiences extend far boyong symptoms. This seminar, offered by Tasha Shaffer, a PhD candidate at MSU, explores how menopause shapes physcial activity, identity, mood, energy, pain and everyday life through a qualitative focus group research project with midlife women in Montana. 
 
 
 

 Contact danforth@montana.edu for more information on these events

 "What I am proud of, what seems so simply clear, is that feminism is a way to fight for justice, always in short supply." -Barbara Strickland

Sack Lunch Seminars are free, fun, informal, and open to everyone!
Sponsored by the Women's Center, a department in the division of Student Success 
SUB 372, 406-994-3836
Bring your lunch and join us!