Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, located in Troy, New York, and Union College, located in Schenectady, New York are pleased to announce their 2005 women’s history month cooperative speaker series.

March 9, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Sage Hall 4101, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Leonore Tiefer
“IT’S A BIG, BAD, BEAUTIFUL, BRAND NEW SEXUAL WORLD OUT THERE: LESSONS FROM SEX RESEARCH, THERAPY, AND POLITICS”
Tiefer is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine, a sexologist, the founder of the Campaign for a New View of Women's Sexual Problems, and author of Sex is Not a Natural Act and Other Essays.

March 15, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Auditorium in Reamer Campus Center, Union College
Teresa Riordan
“INVENTING BEAUTY: WOMEN AND THE TECHNOLOGY OF BEAUTY”
The New York Times patents columnist for ten years, Riordan has written for many publications including People, USNews, and The Washington Post Magazine. Her most recent book is Inventing Beauty: A History of Inventions That Have Made Us Beautiful.

March 23, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Sage Hall 4101, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Andrea Tone
"BODIES OF EVIDENCE: WOMEN AND BIRTH CONTROL IN HISTORY"
Tone holds the Canada Research Chair in the Social History of Medicine and is Professor of Social Studies of Medicine & History at McGill University. She is also author of the book Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America.

March 29, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Auditorium in Reamer Campus Center, Union College
Bernice Hausman
“HOW TO DO THINGS WITH BREASTS AND BOTTLES: TECHNOLOGIES OF INFANT FEEDING AND THE POLITICS OF MATERNITY”
Hausman teaches at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and is Associate Professor of English and the Director of the Women's Studies Program. She has written Mother's Milk: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture.

All talks are free an open to the public. For more information contact Sharra Vostral at the following e-mail address.