By Alandria Powell
March is Women’s History Month and there are a series of events across Long Island and beyond that recognize and pay homage to women in honor of it.
Women’s History Month was established in the 1970. Beginning on March 8, it only lasted one week, but was expanded into a month in 1987.
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There are many influential women who have called New York and Long Island home. They include first ladies Eleanor Roosevelt and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who is from Southampton, Long Island. Rochester’s Jeanette Jerome, who is known as Lady Randolphe Churchill, was the mother of Prime minister of England, Winston Churchill. Other women include the famous comedienne, Lucille Ball from Jamestown, acclaimed singer/philanthropist Alicia Keys and Chinese-American designer, Vera Wang.
In the past, women were commonly recognized less for their accomplishments, and that is why this month is important. Whether it be in music, politics, fashion, science or media, women are important everywhere and within every career. Here are a few events that showcase this.
MON 3.8
CENTEREACH
U.S. Women’s Fashion from 1870-1930 @ Middle Country Public Library
101 Eastwood Blvd. 631-585-9393. www.mcpl.lib.ny.us. 7 p.m.
GARDEN CITY
Conserving Water: Saving Women’s Live @ Nassau Community College
One Education Drive. 516-572-7082. www.ncc.edu. 12:30 p.m. Free
THU 3.11
SOUTHAMPTON
“Women In Poetry” moderated by Suffolk County poet laureate Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan @ The Southampton Historical Museum
17 Meeting House Lane. 631-283-2494. www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org. 11 a.m. $4 adults, Free for members and children under 17.
GARDEN CITY
Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to What Matters @ Nassau Community College
One Education Drive. 516- 572-7082. www.ncc.edu. 1 p.m. Free.
GARDEN CITY
Family Portraits: Women in the Afr0-Brazilian Novel Alleys of Memory @ Nassau Community College
One Education Drive. 516-572-7082. www.ncc.edu. 2:30 p.m. Free
THU 3.18
SOUTHAMPTON
“Women in the Visual Arts” moderated by Helen A. Harrison, Director of the Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center @ The Southampton Historical Museum
17 Meeting House Lane. 631-283-2494. www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org. 11 a.m. $4 adults, Free for members and children under 17.
MON 3.15
GARDEN CITY
Sapphire Speaks on Precious @ Nassau Community College
One Education Drive. 516-572-7082. www.ncc.edu. 2 p.m. Free
MON 3.22
GARDEN CITY
Attacking The Trafficking in Women @ Nassau Community College
One Education Drive. 516-572-7082. www.ncc.edu. 12:30 p.m. Free
GARDEN CITY
Georgia on Her Mind: An Exploration of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abstraction Without the Freudian Interference @ Nassau Community College.
One Education Drive. 516-572-7082. www.ncc.edu . Free.
THU 3.25
SOUTHAMPTON
“Shinnecock Women Past and Present” moderated by Elizabeth Thunder Bird Haile, Shinnecock Tribal Leader and teacher of sacred dance @ The Southampton Historical Museum
17 Meeting House Lane. 631-283-2494. www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org. 11 a.m. $4 adults, Free for members and children under 17.
