Mission Statement
The mission of the Friends of Women's Studies is to support the University of Houston Women's Studies Program’s campus and community activities through financial and volunteer efforts. The central focus of the Friends is the Women's Archive and Research Center (WARC)--a unique collection of documents from active and historical Houston area women's organizations and individuals associated with these organizations, as well as Texas women's oral histories. Your Friends of Women's Studies donations and membership fee support the WARC and the Women's Studies Program.
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Friends Membership
Your membership supports Women’s Studies at the University of Houston and the Women’s Archive and Research Center in the UH MD Anderson Library.
Please join or renew your FWS membership today!
(each level's benefits include those at lower levels)
Supporter $35 FWS e-newsletter and updates
Sustainer $75 Free Admission to 1 Living Archives & 1 Fast Friends Event
Partner $125 Free Admission to all Living Archives & Fast Friends Events
Sponsor $250 Two Fast Friends tickets (bring friends)
Advocate $500 One ticket to Table Talk Kickoff Party
Champion $1,000 Recognition on all FWS materials for 2011-2012
Leadership Circle
Pioneer $2,500 Special FWS Cocktail Reception
Visionary $5,000 Ms. Scarlett in the Archive with a Candlestick Tour
Lodestar $10,000 Mini Table Talk
Student $15 FWS e-newsletter and updates, Free Student Admission to all Living
Archives with RSVP
Please make a contribution online at one of the levels listed OR fill in, print out, and mail in our Membership Form.
Corporate memberships are available for $1000 and up, and give membership status to multiple members of your group:
Corporate Champions ($1000) may identify four employees as Friends members / year; Corporate Pioneers may identify ten, Corporate Visionaries may identify twenty and Corporate Lodestars may identify forty.
Please fill in, print out, and mail in our Membership Form OR make a contribution online at one of the levels listed.
Friends of Women's Studies Membership Form (by mail)
Events
The Friends of Women's Studies host Table Talk and the Living Archives series, among other events.
Table Talk
Table Talk is a fascinating combination of conversations over lunch. Dynamic women of various cultures, professions, and experiences lead the discussions at each table. Table Talk benefits the Women's Studies Program and the Women's ARC
(Archive and Research Center) at the University of Houston. The Women's ARC
was established in 1996 to collect, preserve, and share the stories of
women's contributions to the life and culture of Texas and Houston. Our focus is the written records and oral histories of women's organizations and of individual women who have affected our lives. As a contributor to Table Talk you help support these important endeavors.
This year's Table Talk will be held February 29th at the Hilton Americas. Join us for another year of great conversations!
1998 - 2007 Conversationalists
Living Archives
The Living Archives series, held at the Rockwell Pavillion in the UH MD Anderson Library, offers panel discussions on diverse aspects of women's lives in Houston. These discussions are open to the public. The panels are professionally videotaped and become part of the Women¹s Archive at the University of Houston's Anderson Library. Recent panels have included "Green Women--Houston Environmentalists," "Stirring the Pot: Houston Cooks and Food Activists," "Designing Women: 3 Deans of Architecture," and "An Interview with Author and Houston First Lady Andrea White."
Board Members
- President: Susana Monteverde
- Vice President: Andrea Georgsson
- Treasurer: Vilma Allen
- Secretary: Barbara Karkabi
- Members: Dina Alsowayel, Maida Asofsky, Christine Attar, Abenaa Brewster, Ann Brown, Heather Brown, Cindy Clifford, Sarah Cooper, Anneliese Davis, Diana Espitia, Gabriela Gerhart, Eleanor Gilbane, Zita Giraldo, Sarah Gish, Elizabeth Gregory, MaryScott Hagle, Chinhui Juhn, Jo Rosenblum King, Bess Kirchen, Kate Knippa, Alecia Lawyer, Nicole Longnecker, Teddy McDavid, Ph.D., Beverly McPhail, Adrian Melissinos, Terry Morales, Leigh Owen, Beverly Robinson, Mia Rogers, Rebecca Rush, Carey C. Shuart, Katherine Veneman, Nina Zilkha.
Friends of Women's Studies Advisory Council Members
Carol Alvarado, Yolanda Alvarado, Shannon Buggs, Betty Chapman, Audrey Crawford, Juanita Elizondo, Carolyn Farb, Hon. Jessica Farrar, Hon. Sylvia Garcia, Pauline E. Higgins, Nina Karohl, GinRu Lee, Alison LeLand, Elizabeth MacNaughton Ed.D, Linda May, Sherry Merfish, Ginni Mithoff, Maconda O'Connor, Sharon Michael Owens, Kathryn Peek PhD, Lynn Randolph, Sally Russ, Graciela Saenz, Yava Scott, Patricia Smith Prather, Bette Ann Stead, Ellen Susman and Mary Ross Taylor.
