Annual International Women’s Day Event
International Women’s Day: Bread & Roses – Friday, March 6 (1:00 – 1:50 PM) in Kresge 110
Join the Women, Gender and Health Interdisciplinary concentration to learn about the radical history of IWD and its deep ties to issues of gender, work & health justice.
After an introduction to the history of International Women’s Day by the Chair of WGH Prof. Krieger, we will hear from our guest speaker Dr. Linda Gordon, Professor Emerita of History at New York University and author of many influential books on US social and political history, including Seven Social Movements that Changed America (2025). This book includes stories of two Boston socialist feminist groups, Bread and Roses and the Combahee River Collective, whose activism and analysis modeled connecting “women’s issues” to other 1960s-1970s campaigns against racism and other forms of inequality.
A Q&A with the audience will follow. Speakers from co-sponsoring groups & members of the audience are welcome to briefly share what this day means for them.
All are welcome! Lunch will be provided.
Lunch will be provided!
Organizers
ⓘ Harvard Chan School hosts a diverse array of speakers, invited to share both scholarly research and personal perspectives. They do not speak for the School, and hosting them does not imply endorsement of their views, organizations, or employers.