PRESS RELEASE from the American Association of University Women Hingham Area Branch
Hingham Journal, March 6, 2008
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The 19^th Century Woman: a Historian’s View From the 21^st Century

The Hingham Area Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will present this program on March 11, 2008 at 7:00 PM. This is free and open to the public. The program will be at Thayer Public Library, Logan Auditorium, 2^nd fl., 798 Washington St., Braintree.

Margaret Lamberts Bendroth – Historian, Author, and Executive Director of the Congregational Library, Boston will be the featured speaker. The Nineteenth century saw many changes in the way women experienced and understood their place in everyday life. Hear Dr. Bendroth speak on how these women’s aspirations shaped the forces of feminism and social change in America.

Dr. Bendroth is the author of several books including: “Fundamentalism & Gender, 1875 to the Present,” “Growing up Protestant: Parents, Children, and Mainline Churches,” and “Fundamentalists in the City: Conflict and Division in Boston's Churches, 1885-1950.” She has written numerous articles on women and, religion. Before coming to the Congregational Library, Dr. Bendroth served as Professor of History at Calvin College in Michigan specializing in twentieth-century history, women’s history, and the history of American religion. She has taught courses in the Beacon Hill Seminars program, Boston Center for Adult Education, Northeastern, and Andover-Newton Theological School.

Dr. Bendroth received her A.B in history from Cornell, her M.A. in church history from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and her Ph.D in American history from John Hopkins.

The Hingham Area Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) seeks and welcomes new members from the South Shore area who hold an associate or equivalent, or baccalaureate or higher degree from a qualified educational institution. Undergraduates may join the branch as AAUW student affiliates. AAUW members believe in the power of education to change women’s lives. We also recognize that women’s education means not only attaining higher degrees. It also means becoming financially literate, daring to take risks to grow and learn throughout our lives, and helping others, both around us and far away from us, to reach their potential.