1990
The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs appointed a Task Force to assess the needs of women at the university and to examine Women's Studies at similar schools with state funding.
The Task Force felt Women's Studies needed sufficient financial support and two positions: a Women's Studies part-time or full-time director and a staff coordinator.
The Task Force organized open forum nights to voice the importance of Women's Studies at Appalachian.
Women's Studies courses began to be taught regularly in many departments. The first "Annual Walk for Awareness" for the murdered alumna and staff person Jeni Gray.
Women's Studies finds a new home on the ground floor of East Hall.
Friends of Women's Studies began; hosted a first annual fund-raiser at Jones House in February.
Set up a fund in Appalachian State University Foundation.
January
A new logo and slogan were established: the biological symbol of the female metamorphosing into a key was developed by Roger Austin, graphic design student at Appalachian State University. The slogan, "Education in a New Key," was developed by Maggie McFadden.
February
Friends of Women's Studies began as a community-based organization, hosted a fundraiser at Jones House in February; raised $1,540.77. Set up a fund in ASU foundation.
March
Margot Adler lectured on "Drawing Down the Moon, Women and Spirituality: Demystifying Ritual"
April
Dr. Elwanda Ingram, Winston-Salem State University, on black women writers
"Feminist Jurisprudence": symposium and panel sponsored by Appalachian Humanities Program, organized and chaired by Dr. Maggie McFadden.
August
Women's Studies major through IDS department was initiated.
The Office of Women's Concerns became oriented towards campus-wide concerns, received more financial support from the University, and gained greater visibility on campus.
Claudia Koonz lectured on "Feminism, Fascism, and Fundamentalism: Women on the New Right"
1991
Maggie McFadden stepped down as coordinator in 1991; Dr. Cheryl Claassen (anthropology) became acting coordinator. Dr. Maggie McFadden became Fulbright Professor at Institute of Women's Studies, Abo Akademi University, Abo, Finland, in Women's Studies and History.
1992
March
Dr. Melissa Barth (English) was named acting Women's Studies Director.
Susan L. Cutter, keynote speaker during Women's Week, "Environmental Terrorism: A Feminist Perspective"
December
December 16: Montreal Remembrance Day
1992-1993
Harvey Durham, Bill Ward, Don Sink, and Kay Smith restructured, repositioned and renamed the Office of Women's Studies as the Office of Women's Concerns.
1993
Dr. Melissa Barth was appointed as Coordinator of the Office of Women's Concerns, this title was handed to director in 1994.
August
August 28: Mary Anne Maier, author of The Leap Years: Women Reflect on Change, Loss, and Love
February
February 7: Dr. Elizabeth Muhlenfeld, Mary Chestnut Civil War Diaries
March
March 1-2: Solveig Bergman, Nordic Coordinator of Women's Studies, Finland, "Women-Friendly Scandinavian States: Paradoxes and Challenges"
April
April 15-18: SEWSA, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1994
February
February 28: Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X
March
March 18: Arati Sontakay, reading of Indian feminist play
March 19: Women's Leadership Conference
March 21: Ann Timmons, performer "Off the Wall: Charlotte Perkins Gilman"
March 22: Sisters of the South: A Southern Musical Roots Tour
March 29: Take Back the Night Rally
March 30: Mary Lynn Bryan, Curator/Editor, Jane Addams Papers, "Why Jane Addams?: Editing Women's Papers"
April
April 13: Hosoya Mitsuko: Japanese Women Today
September
Gender-Balancing the Curriculum Seminar
September 6: Walk for Awareness, Women Against Violence
September 22: Dr. Sue Rosser, Women in Science, "Female-Friendly Science"
October
October 6-8: Dr. Jean O'Barr, Director, Women's Studies Duke University
December
December 6: Remembrance of Montreal Massacre
1995
Campus Women's Collective (CWC) began as a student support network working to improve the situation of women and raise campus awareness of women's issues.
March
March Panel: "What Can You Do with a Women's Studies Degree?" speakers: former WS graduates, now working in hospital administration, high school history teaching, counseling, and the ministry.
March 22: Dr. Lorraine Getz, UNCC on Women in Philosophy
August
August 26: 75th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage
September
September 12: Anita Hill, sexual harassment case
September 22: Clare Prusa (Catherine Smith Gallery)
October
October 9: bell hooks
December
December 6: Candlelight Rally in Memory of the Montreal Massacre
1996
The first "Women's Realities": A series of five documentary films in Celebration of Women's History Month 20th Anniversary of Women's Studies at Appalachian.
Reorganization of the Office of Women's Concerns and the establishment of the Equity Office. The Office of Women's Studies becomes a separate, university-wide academic program.
February
February 2-4: Feminist Expo Trip / DC Appalachian House
March
March 12: An Evening of Music by Women Composers
March 12-14: SEWSA at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
March 13: Rosellen Brown, author
March 14: Lucy Lippard (Catherine Smith Gallery)
March 19: Dr. Sandy Eagle, "Historical Contributions of Women in Chemistry"
March 28: Dr. Nupur Chauduri, "Women and Early Indian Nationalism"
March 30: Dori Sander, author
December
December 12: Fund-raiser for the winter Solstice Celebration
Showing of film "Antonia's Line": A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.
1997
NWSA Journal moves to ASU for a six-year term (1997-2003), edited by Professor Maggie McFadden with associate editors Marilyn Smith and Pat Beaver. Later Kim Hall and Kathryn Kirkpatrick became associate editors.
Lee Williams organizes a planning committee of students, faculty, and staff for a Women's Center on campus.
Dr. Sandie Gravett (Philosophy & Religion) becomes Director of Women's Studies.
Women's Studies establishes a Web page.
Centennial Celebration Project: "Women at Appalachian: A Look Into the Past, A Step Into the Future"
Women's Leadership Conference
Walk for Awareness
Take Back the Night
Film, "Out in Suburbia"
Julia Alvarez: Fiction author, poetry reading, book signing
Felicity Hill: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, "Feminism and Activism"
Karmen Jalencic, Bowery Productions: "On the making of the film 'Calling the Ghosts: A Story about Rape, War, and Women'"
Helen Thomas: UPI Reporter, White House correspondent since the Kennedy administration
March
March 18: Dr. Carol Stack, Director, Women's Studies, UC-Berkeley
March 20: 2nd Annual Symposium on Women's History: "Women Across Cultures"
Keynote Address: Dr. Margaret Ripley Wolfe, Department of History, East Tennessee State University "'If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy': Ambivalent Lives, Women's History, and the Patriarchal South"
Panel 1: Interpreting Aphra Behn Rosanna Hopper, Courtney Lutz, LaMonda Horton, and Amy Walter
Panel 2: Discovering Women's Voice Candace Brennan, "'Mourning Everlastingly': Florence Nightingale and Christina Rossetti" Bryan Rothwell, "Reclaiming Voice: The Color Purple and Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Panel 3: Women Breaking New Ground Lisa McGurk, "Women at Appalachian State University, 1939 – 1949" Alexandra Atkins, "Motherhood in a Feminist Era" Jennifer Sloan, "The Mother of Modern Chemistry: Marie Anne Pierette Paulze Lavoisier"
Panel 4: Interpreting Southern Women Elizabeth Hardy, "Southern Women Readers During the War Between the States" Georgia Rhoades, "Mermaids and Slaveowners: A Family History"
March 25-26: play, "Pope Joan: The Hiss of the Snake" is the story of the first and only woman pope. Set in 855, the play tells of Joan's education disguised as a male, her rise to power in the Vatican and her love affair and exposure by a jealous clergy. Written by Georgia Rhoades.
Jackson Katz: nationally known activist and writer on issues of masculinity, media, sport, and men's violence against women
September
Dr. Rosemarie Tong (Davidson College): "Feminist Approaches to Biomedical Ethics"
November
November 14-16: National Editorial Board of NWSA Journal meets at ASU to make publicity and policy decisions
1998
The Women's Center opens at the Student Union
March
March 21: Women's Leadership Conference: "The 90's and Beyond"
Dr. Maggie McFadden presented "The Woman Question in Western Thought," featuring the stories of foremothers who unified and enabled us to move into the next millennium
Dr. Margaret Polson, the Women Artist's Network "Why Network?" including a panel with Anne Burgess, Orna Bentor, Karen Swing, Barbara Timberman
Dr. Stella Anderson, "The Balancing Act," a learning session on balancing work/career with personal/family life
Dr. Thalia Coleman, "Rocking the Cradle and Ruling the Race," an overview of women's influence on American Society
Dr. Eva Hyatt, "Dispelling the Myth of the Ideal Woman," focus on the media literacy skills needed to question images of "ideal" women
April
The Women's Studies Program sponsored "Moonbelly." The performance piece involved sponsoring a guest artist to come in and work with 10 of our women students for one week culminating in two performances. Approximately $265 was raised for the Women's Studies Development account and the performance received excellent reviews on both evenings.
1998-1999
Drs. Sandie Gravett and Neva Specht co-wrote a Centennial grant and received $2,000.
Louise Bernikow-author, activist "The Shoulders We Stand On: Women as the Agents of Change."
March
March 15: Carolyn Merchant, "Women, Nature, and the Reinvention of Eden"
April
April 30-May 1: Dr. Specht taught a Public History Course on the 4000 level to create the exhibit and symposium, "Roots of the Past, Seeds of the Future."
September
September 24: Poets Nikky Finney and Kyle Thompson
October
October 1: Eleanora Tate: Children's novelist
October 8: Judy Bacca, "World Without Walls"
December
December 3: Carolyn Beard Whitlow, author of Wild Meat
1999
May
Dr. Sandie Gravett and her student assistant, Angela Parker, developed and printed a new Women's Studies Program brochure.
September
September 16: Lee Smith, a creative writing professor at North Carolina State University and author of Oral History, Saving Grace, Fair and Tender Ladies, The Devil's Dream, and News of the Spirit
September 22: Elena Featherston, "Towards a Multicultural Society"
September 23: Sue Ellen Bridgers: award-winning author of adolescent fiction in rural North Carolina
November
November 10: Carolyn Chute, author of The Beans of Egypt, Maine, Letourneau's Used Auto Parts, and Merry Men