Renowned Professor to Speak in Bloomington for Women's History Month

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 27, 2008

For More Information:
Jillian Kinzie, City of Bloomington Commission on the Status of Women, 856-1430
Glenda Murray, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, 855-0262
Carolyn VandeWiele, WFHB Community Radio, 320-9920
Sue Owens, Program Specialist, Community & Family Resources Dept., City of Bloomington, 349-3468

Bloomington, IN - Mayor Mark Kruzan announced today that Allida Black, Research Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University, will be visiting Bloomington in March and making several public presentations in honor of Women's History Month.

Black's accomplishments are extensive and include:

• serving as the Project Director and Editor of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, a project designed to preserve, teach and apply Eleanor Roosevelt's writings and discussions of human rights and democratic politics.
• being the recipient of the Millennium Medal from the George Washington University; the 2001 Person of Vision Award from the Arlington County Commission on the Status of Women; and the James A. Jordan Award for Outstanding Dedication in Excellence in Teaching from Penn State University.
• authoring four books:
  - "Casting Her Own Shadow: Eleanor Roosevelt and Shaping of Postwar Liberalism,"
  - "What I Want to Leave Behind: Democracy and the Selected Articles of Eleanor Roosevelt,"
  - "Courage In A Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt" and
  - "Democratic Women: An Oral History of the Women's National Democratic Club."
• writing teacher's guides for documentaries on the lives of Marian Anderson and Frederick Douglass.
• serving as advisor to the PBS "American Experience" documentary on Eleanor Roosevelt; curating an exhibit honoring Eleanor Roosevelt's role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the National Cathedral in Washington, DC; and currently working with the National Park Service to develop curricula and other educational tools for the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site.

While in Bloomington, Professor Black will make the following presentations, which are open to the public:

• "Women's Rights as Human Rights: Eleanor Roosevelt, Then and Now."
  Wednesday, March 5, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Women's History Month Lunch, Bloomington Convention Center. $15 lunch, reservation required; contact City of Bloomington, Community and Family Resources Department at 349-3430.
• "We are all on Trial...: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Battle for Human Rights."
  Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m. at the Monroe County Public Library Auditorium, 303 E. Kirkwood. Co-sponsored by the Poynter Center. Free admission.
• "Battling for Justice: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and American Politics."
  Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m. at the Monroe County History Center, 202 E. Sixth St. Free admission.

For more information, contact the City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources Department at 349-3430.

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