Women In the West Lecture
The Woman's Educational Society's (WES) endowment was established in 1989 with the Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the WES. The endowment supports the annual lecture "Women in the West."
Upcoming Women In the West Lecture
Past Women in the West Lectures
2000-2001: Susan Scarberry-Garcia, "Wrapped in Shawls and Scarves: Traditional Clothing of Navajo, Pueblo and Khanty Siberian Women"
2001-2002: Claire Farrer, "'...not just the portrait of a woman...': The Art of Writing Native American Biography"
2002-2003: Beauty Bragg, "Identifying Major Themes in Chicana Literature"
2003-2004: Beverly Stoeltje, "The Cowgirl: Ranch Women, Rodeo Queens, and Media Dreams"
2004-2005: Ann Zwinger, "Don't Pack Your Diamond Tiara: The Travel Habits of a Nature Writer"
2005-2006: Demetria Martinez, "Rebirth Day: A Writer's Journey"
2006-2007: Demetria Martinez (WES scholar) teaching "The Poet as Witness to War", Karen Chamberlain, "Southwest Solitude: Seduced by a Canyon Oasis"
2007-2008: Anne Hyde, "Love and Money in the Early American West: Stories I Can't Write Down"
2008-2009: Susan Armitage, "Ages and Stages of Developing Field: Western Women's History"
2009-2010: Anne Hyde, "Hard Choices: Mixed Race Parents and Children in the 19th Century West"
2010-2011: Sally Meyer, "Women Helping Women," presenting with Tiffany Calabaza, 91自拍 Student & Amanda Wierzba, 91自拍 Class of 2010
2011-2012: Michèle Companion, "Results from a Nutritional Education Program for Urban Indian Children & their Moms"
2012-2013: Janice Gould, "Doubting and Dreaming: Native American Women Write about the West”
2013-2014: Christina Leza "Women Activists on the US-Mexico Border”
2014-2015: Louise V. Myrland, “The Status of Women and Girls in Colorado”
2015-2016: Sonlatsa “Sunshine” Jim-Martin, ’94, “Food Restoration and Advocacy in the Navajo Nation”
2016-2017: Andrea O’Reilly-Herrera “The Landscape of the Dispossessed: The Art of Rosario Castro-Marín”
2017-2018: María Cotera “Passport to the Homeland: Maria Varela's Journey from Civil Rights to Land Rights”
2018-2019: Dr. Fawn-Amber Montoya “Ghosts of the Past”
2024-2025: Annette M. Rodriguez, “Her X Mark: Women’s Testimonies of Resistance in the U.S.-Texas Borderlands”
2025-2026: Maria Lane, “Fluid Geographies”