News

It was 45 years ago in 1980 when Women’s History Month became national recognition forged by a group of women’s organizations from around the country who petitioned President Jimmy Carter for the recognition and won.  According to the National Women's...

Margaret Jane Slaughter, Professor Emerita at The University of New Mexico, died June 4. She was 82. Slaughter was a celebrated founding mother of the international and interdisciplinary field of Women’s and Gender Studies, a scholar of women in the...

 Ajla Škrbić, post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Law, Freie Universität, Berlin, will present The University of New Mexico Department of History’s Women’s History Lecture on “Gender, Power and Violence: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence...

On Saturday, Feb. 4 at noon, "Voces Feministas" airs on KUNM 89.9 FM, featuring Barbara Reyes, associate professor of history, and director, Women's Studies Program; Irene Vasquez, director, Chicano/Hispano/Mexicano Studies; and Christine Sierra, ...