Friday, March 05, 2010
Little Rock--The Old State House Museum will host the 2010 Arkansas Women’s History Institute's annual symposium on Saturday, March 13, 2010, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. This year a program entitled, A Conversation on Public Health in Arkansas: Three Women Pioneers, will feature three women who were instrumental figures in Arkansas’s history of public health: Dr. Joycelyn Elders will discuss her life experience as a professional woman in Arkansas public health; Dr. Edith Irby Jones will speak about desegregating the University of Arkansas Medical School (now known as UAMS); and Mrs. Betty Bumpers will address the origins of Arkansas's immunization program.
Admission is to the symposium is free however reservations for seats are required. Please contact Linda Keesee at (501) 324-8663, or Linda@ArkansasHeritage.org, to make your reservation.
The 2010 Arkansas Women’s History Institute's symposium is sponsored by the Arkansas Women’s History Institute, Central High School National Historic Site and Old State House Museum. Dr. Edith Irby Jones’ appearance is sponsored by Central High School National Historic Site.
About the Old State House Museum
The Old State House Museum is a museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and shares the goal of all seven Department of Arkansas Heritage agencies, that of preserving and enhancing the heritage of the state of Arkansas. The agencies are Arkansas Arts Council, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Delta Cultural Center in Helena, Historic Arkansas Museum, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, and the Old State House Museum.
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