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The University s Women s History Month festivities, sponsored by the
Women's Center, came to an end Friday at the EMU Ballroom
Speaker stresses
women’s rights
to political office
Natasha Shepard
Oregon Oady f merak)
Only whim women enter the
political system in full force, will
they Ui able to change the system,
said visiting history professor
Holly Bagott on Friday,
Bagett, one of two speakers
during the women's history
month closing ceremony, said
women should take advantage of
their rights to vote and hold office
after su< h a long, torturous strug
gle to enter the political arena
Representative Kate Brown, D
Portland, also encouraged the
audience of more than 4() stu
dents and community members
to make a difference by getting
involved.
The closing ceremonies, which
took plat e iii the KMU, conclud
ed two weeks of Women's Histo
ry Month a< tivities sponsored by
the ASt ’O Women's (.enter fhe
events included speakers and a
film series nliout the political and
social situations of woman
around the world.
The activities focused on
encouraging women lo lake
advantage of their political pow
er and opportunity, said Kdwtnn
Welch, dirw lor of the Women's
('enter.
The theme of the month was
"From Campus to Capital."
Welch said it was suggested by a
student senator concerned that
although women constitute 51
pert ent of the University's pop
illation, only thrtte women sit on
the lH-person senate
In her address, Hagett empha
sized the historical struggle of
women to enter the political are
na.
"When Thomas Jefferson wrote
that all men are created equal, he
meant all men,” Hagett saul
"Feminism is the history of
women to do what the jAmeri
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