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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>While the 1940s saw women in pants and in the factories, in the 1950s women were back at home making Betty Crocker boxed cakes, tightly girdled to present a classic hourglass shape. Women burned their bras in the 60s, marched the streets in protest and a new, radical feminist awareness was born. Thanks to funding from the Oregon Heritage Commission, I’ve been documenting second wave feminism here in Southern Oregon over the course of the year.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Join me by Zoom on Sunday, June 28 at 4p at the Jackson County public library and see how Southern Oregon women found new ways to rock the world, and understand the impact their activism has had on today’s culture and political awareness. Registration required at <a href="https://jcls.libcal.com/event/6614885">https://jcls.libcal.com/event/6614885</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Want more? Laurie Kurutz, Southern Oregon University Theatre Program will present on <b>Oregon’s Burlesque Tradition: Yesterday and Today</b>, Sunday July 26 at 4p, again by Zoom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Co-sponsored by Southern Oregon University, Oregon Heritage Commission, American Association of University Women Ashland Branch and Jackson County Library Services in 2020, the Year of the Woman and Centennial of Suffrage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maureen Flanagan Battistella<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Southern Oregon University Sociology Anthropology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ashland, OR 97520<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TA117 541-552-0743<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>