96-03-05 Lunch Series to Look at Victorians

LUNCHEON SERIES EXAMINES VICTORIAN WOMEN'S ISSUES  

     COLUMBUS -- "Victorian" has long been thought of as a 
synonym for prudish, stuffy or puritanical.  What can modern 
society learn by reexamining Victorian values?  The answer will 
be discussed during the 1996 Women's Luncheon Series, Women and 
Knowledge: Changing Minds, Changing Lives presented by The Ohio 
State University's College of Humanities and Department of 
Women's Studies.

     Martha Garland, associate professor of history and associate 
dean of the College of Humanities, will present "No Sex, Please, 
We're British" on March 14 at noon at the Hyatt on Capitol 
Square, 75 E. State St. This talk will explore the sexual ideals 
and practices of Britain's Victorian period.

     "Anytime you have a society that is supposed to be pious, 
puritanical, ostensibly serious, there'll almost certainly be a 
flip side," Garland said.

     Few women would like to go back to the male dominance common 
in Victorian England, she said.  Married women couldn't own 
property and divorced fathers automatically received custody of 
their children.

     Registration is $15 per person; pre-registration is required 
by calling Shari Lorbach, coordinator of alumni and public 
relations in the College of Humanities, at (614) 292-1882.

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Contact:  Shari Lorbach, coordinator of Alumni and Public 
Relations in the College of Humanities, (614)292-1882.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Tue, 5 Mar 1996 14:29:07 -0500]
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