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Date:
Sunday & Monday, March 3-4, 2002
- Schedule of events
Sponsors:
Education
Location:
Kansas City, MO at the University of Missouri Kansas City
campus
Pierson Auditorium in the University Center
Cost:
Admission to the Sunday evening event is free.
Cost for the Forum on Monday is $25.00. A special admission
price of $5.00 is available for students. Fee includes breakfast
and lunch.
Reservations:
For reservations call the Central Ticket Office at 816-235-2700
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Madam
President:
A Forum on the Prospects for the First Woman
President
Program
presented by:
Truman Presidential Museum & Library
and University of Missouri Kansas City
Conveners:
Robert P. Watson, Ph.D. is the author or editor of 11 books and is the
founding editor of the journal, White House Studies. He has taught as
several universities, most recently at the University of Hawaii, Hilo.
Ann Gordon, Ph.D.
is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, where
she conducts research and writes on campaign communication and women in
politics.
Special Keynote
Speakers
Patricia
Schroeder holds the distinction of being the longest serving woman in
the history of the U.S. Congress. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
in 1972 from Colorado, Schroeder was reelected 11 times, serving from
1973 to 1997
Eleanor Clift is
a Contributing Editor for Newsweek magazine, a regular panelist on the
nationally syndicated show, "The McLaughlin Group," and a political
analyst for Fox News.
Marie C. Wilson is
the President and co-founder of the New York City-based White House Project,
an organization dedicated to enhancing public perceptions of women's capacity
to lead and promote a female presidency.
Panelists
Karen O'Connor, Ph.D.
is Professor of Government at American University, where she also serves
as Chair of the Department of Government and Director of the Women and
Politics Institute.
Michael A. Genovese,
Ph.D. is Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Institute
for Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Anne Costain, Ph.D.
is Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado, where
she is also Associate Vice President for the University of Colorado System.
Diane Bystrom, Ph.D.
is Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at
Iowa State University, where she also teaches courses in women and politics
and political science.
Lori Cox Han, Ph.D.
is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Austin
College in Sherman, Texas.
Max Skidmore, Ph.D.
is University of Missouri Curator's Professor and teaches at the University
of Missouri-Kansas City
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Schedule
of Events
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Sunday,
March 3, 2002
Evening
Session
7:00 pm - 9:45 pm
Keynote Address by Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder
Panel 1: The Prospective Candidates & the Last Glass Ceiling
Panelists: Pat Schroeder, Eleanor Clift, Marie C. Wilson
Moderator: Robert P. Watson
Book signing with special guests, immediately following.
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Monday,
March 4, 2002
Continental
breakfast and Registration
begins 8:30 a.m.
Morning Session begins 9:00 a.m.
Keynote Address by Eleanor Clift
Panel 2. The Campaign, the Media, & Gender
Panelists: Diane Bystrom, Anne Costain, Lori Cox Han, Marie C.
Wilson
Moderator: Ann Gordon
Luncheon Session
begins at noon
Keynote Address by Marie C. Wilson
Afternoon
Session -1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Panel 3. The Challenge of Governing & the Gendered Presidency
Panelists: Michael Genovese, Karen O'Connor, Max Skidmore
Moderator: Robert P. Watson
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Live
webcast information
MOREnet,
the University of Missouri-
Kansas City, Internet2
and the Great Plains
Network are assisting the Library in bringing the program to a nation-wide
audience using video streaming. The program will be unicast using Windows
Media player and will also be multicast using MPEG-2. Those Internet2
sites that are multicast enabled will be able to take advantage of Internet2's
capabilities of delivering high-fidelity stereo audio (CD-quality) and
broadcast-quality video.
The video streams
will be available on March 3 & 4 at: http://www.umkc.edu/is/mts/mp/
During the forum
you can send your questions to the speakers and panelists via email.
Email your questions to: madampresident@umkc.edu
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