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Mary Louise Page
Mary Louise Page is the 1st woman in the US to obtain an architecture degree. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Science form the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois. She was very...
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Louisa C. Allen
Louisa C. Allen was hired in 1874 in the Domestic Science Department, the same year the first female students graduated. Though not officially a Professor, she’s considered the first female faculty...
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Lucy Flower
Lucy Flower was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1895 as the first female trustee and first elected female official in Illinois. She pushed for women's gains at the University, including hiring...
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Annie Contractor
Annie Contractor is the Policy Director at RuralProgress and RuralOrganizing.org. Annie is bridging the gap between community organizing and community development by resourcing rural civic leaders...
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Dr. Dede Fairchild Ruggles receives Inaugural Presidential Humanities and Social Science Endowed Chair
We are happy to announce that WGGP Faculty Affiliate and Professor of Landscape Architecture Dr. Dede Fairchild Ruggles will receive the Inaugural Presidential Humanities and Social Science...
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Common Differences II. Keynote Lecture by Dr. Amina Mama (University of California, Davis). April 4, 2024.
On April 4, 2024 WGGP hosted keynote lecture by Dr. Amina Mama (University of California, Davis) on “Transnational Feminist Praxis in an Age of Genocide” as a part of Transnational...
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Dr. Min Zhan named as WGGP Director
Prof. Min Zhan of the School of Social Work has been appointed Director of WGGP beginning August 16. Min brings a long history of collaboration with WGGP and its Gender Relations in International Development interdisciplinary graduate minor, which is housed in the School of Social Work, where...
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Walk in her Shoes: War-bounded Syrian refugee women and their gender roles
On April 3rd, 2024, Dr. Kolia, an Illinois alumna with a Ph.D. in the School of Social Work and a graduate minor in Gender Relations in International Development, shared information about Reaching...
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"Resilience Amidst Repression: The Chinese Feminist Movement in the Era of Escalating Authoritarianism"
On September 12, 2023, As part of the IGI series 'China and the World', WGGP hosted Lü Pin, a PhD student in political science at Rutgers University, who talked about "Resilience Amidst Repression:...
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