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Marianne Ferber
Marianne Ferber joined UIUC's Economics Department around 1948 and became a prominent figure in “feminist economics.” She was a Professor of Economics, served as Head of Women’s Studies from 1979-...
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Lila Jeanne Eicheberger
Lila Jeanne Eichelberger, known as “Shorty,” graduated from UIUC around 1949 and has been a devoted supporter of the University and 4-H. A President’s Council and Chancellor’s Circle Member, she has...
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Marietta Stevenson
Marietta Stevenson joined UIUC’s School of Social Work in 1943, after serving as assistant director of the American Public Welfare Association for 12 years. She became the school’s first dean,...
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Millicent Sloboda Lane
Millicent Sloboda Lane graduated in 1944 with a degree in Advertising and Publishing from UIUC. She was the first female editor-in-chief of the *Daily Illini*, where she used the newspaper to...
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Margie Giacalone
Margie (they/she) is a 5th year phd student, living as a guest on the lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Mesquaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations.Their work explores the relationships between language, identity, and land in Bolivia. They work with Bolivian feminists and gender and sexual dissidents who use multilingual strategies between Quechua, Spanish, English, and other Indigenous languages to refuse, reproduce, or reinvent meanings about themselves for healing, joy, and pleasure. Margie is interested in how these...
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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow earned her Master’s in Physics in 1942 and Ph.D. in 1945 from UIUC. As one of the few women in science at the time, she was the only female teaching assistant among 400 faculty...
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Film Screening of “Period. End of Sentence” with Director Rayka Zehtabchi. Conference "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s)”, April 4-5, 2024
On April 5, 2024, WGGP and GWS hosted a Film Screening of “Period. End of Sentence” with Director Rayka Zehtabchi as part of the Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s)...
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