Women's History Month

About

Since the late 1980s, Women’s History Month has celebrated the contributions women have made to history, culture, and society and has recognized the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history. The UTSA theme for Women’s History Month 2023 is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”

At UTSA, the Women’s Studies Institute has proudly hosted one of the country’s largest Women’s History Month campus celebrations over the past decade and a half. Guided by an annual theme, the month-long series features scholars, award-winning authors, filmmakers, and community leaders. Events are open to the public and so they connect hundreds of students from across campus to the larger San Antonio community.

Week 1

March
2
1:00 pm

Zine Activism

Discussion

March
2
5:00 pm

Women's Symposium: Empowering Leaders

Discussion

Week 3

March
13

UTSA Spring Break
Classes do not meet. University offices will be open.

March
14

UTSA Spring Break

March
15

UTSA Spring Break

March
16

UTSA Spring Break

March
17

UTSA Spring Break

Week 4

March
20
11:30 am

This Is How We Really Make It

Discussion

March
21
1:00 pm

The State of Reproductive Justice in Texas

Discussion

Week 5

Other Events

In addition to the UTSA events listed above, many organizations around San Antonio have planned activities in celebration and recognition of Women’s History Month. Here is a select listing:

March 4–July 2
ART EXHIBIT
Womanish: Audacious, Courageous, Willful Art
McNay Art Museum

March 6–14
FILM SCREENINGS
Women’s History Month Film Festival
San Antonio Public Libraries
See website for details including films, dates/times and locations

March 8
History of Women on Wall Street: Suffragette to Fearless
St. Mary’s University
3:30 p.m.

March 9
PANEL DISCUSSION
Ladies in Leadership Panel
The Tobin Center
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

March 28
2023 Greater San Antonio Women in Leadership Symposium
The Witte Museum
8 a.m.–12 pm

March 29
VIRTUAL PANEL
Women in Nuclear & National Security
5–6:30 p.m.

March 30
FILM SCREENINGS
Watcha! Latina Spring Film Series
Jamie’s Place; 1514 West Commerce Street
8–11 p.m.


Virtual Backgrounds

These virtual backgrounds are available for you to use when you attend Women's History Month virtual events or other virtual meetings you have throughout March.

 

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About Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is a field dedicated to scholarship and research that creates a critical dialogue on the production of knowledge about and related to all women, genders, sexual orientations, and the application of such knowledge to social and political practices and processes. It is an academic field that incorporates disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, multicultural, and/or global perspectives to advance the study and knowledge of women, gender, and sexuality. The program recognizes the integral connection between scholarship, activism, and teaching.

  • Students pursuing a major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies must complete a minimum of 120 semester credit hours; a total of 39 hours must be at the upper-division level.
  • Students earning a minor in Women’s Studies are required to complete 18 semester credit hours; a total of 6 hours must be at the upper-division level. Internships and other experiential learning projects are also an integral part of the Women’s Studies Program.

Learn More about WGSS

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Nominate a Student

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Outstanding Women's Leadership Award

The Outstanding Women’s Student Leadership award will honor a UTSA student who has shown strong leadership skills and service, advocacy, and support for women on campus.

Submit Nominations: Multicultural Student Center for Equity & Justice (MSCEJ) RowdyLink

Deadline: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023, at 5:00 pm

Students can self-nominate or be nominated. The Award will be presented at the end of Women's History Month (March 2023).