The W celebrates Women’s History Month

COLUMBUS – March is Women’s History Month, and there’s no place better to celebrate than Mississippi University for Women.

“Women’s History Month is designed to encourage and to shine a light on women’s previously uncelebrated history,” said Dr. Chanley Rainey, director of the Center for Women’s Research & Public

Policy (CWRPP)

Activities will include both virtual and face-to-face events, from virtual concerts and Zoom Watch parties to a Women’s History Walk and a Women in Politics panel discussion. In line with the UN’S theme for International Women’s Day 2021—Women in leadership—campus events are focused on promoting women’s professional and political empowerment.

Rainey worked with offices across campus to plan events and says reflecting on this goal is especially important at the country’s first publiclyfunded institution for the advanced education of women.

Despite the challenges of programming during a pandemic, she said people across campus contributed to produce a diverse calendar of events. Professors submitted photographs and biographies for the #Womenatwork social media initiative, which will highlight women who have made significant contributions to their professions as well as women’s labor at all levels, in and out of the home.

Karli Ching, who is interning with the CWRPP as part of her Women’s Leadership Master’s program, spearheaded the #Womenatwork ini