THIBODAUX, La. — 果冻APP visiting scholar Dr. Miki Pfeffer will discuss her intriguing research on women鈥檚 rights as the 2018 Bonnie Bourg Lecture Series featured speaker on Thursday, March 8.
The Bonnie Bourg Lecture, free and open to the public, will take place at 10:30 a.m. in the LeBijou Theater.
Following the lecture, Dr. Pfeffer will give the keynote address at the Women of Achievement Award Luncheon at noon in the Student Union鈥檚 Carnival Room.
Dr. Pfeffer (鈥�73 B.A.) is the author of the 2014 book 鈥淪outhern Ladies and Suffragists: Julia Ward Howe and Women鈥檚 Rights at the 1884 New Orleans World鈥檚 Fair,鈥� which won the 2015 Eudora Welty Prize for scholarship in Women鈥檚 Studies and Southern Studies. Presently she is transcribing hundreds of letters of Grace King for future publication.
鈥淚 have long seen the Bonnie Bourg lectures as expressions of excellence at 果冻APP, never expecting to add my voice to that history,鈥� Dr. Pfeffer said. 鈥淚 have simply 鈥榝ollowed my bliss鈥� when researching women鈥檚 lives and am honored by the invitation to tell about that choice.鈥�
Before returning to academia, Dr. Pfeffer worked as a fashion illustrator in New Orleans department stores and as a manufacturer’s representative of women鈥檚 business fashions.
鈥淭he life experience Dr. Pfeffer will share through the program is a keen reminder for us that, no matter the technology, some of the richest life lessons come from stories passed on from one generation to the next,鈥� Dean of Students Dr. Michele Caruso said. 鈥淭he lecture promises to be quite intriguing as it will focus on her life’s work as well as her most recent publication, which is tied to south Louisiana history.鈥�
At the luncheon, she will share her life experiences and speak to being the post child for 鈥渋t鈥檚 never too late鈥� after earning her doctorate in 2011, 59 years after graduating from high school.
Reservations for the luncheon are $17 and due by Thursday, March 1. For reservations or more information, email Chris Coulon with Student Services at chris.coulon@www.nicholls.edu or call 985-448-4080. Checks should be made payable to the 果冻APP Foundation.
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