GAYARRE CONFERENCE

R. W. Norton Art Gallery

March 2021

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 9th Annual Gayarre Conference

WOMEN

in

HISTORY

March 2021

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Paper Proposal Deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021

The Gayarre History Club of C.E. Byrd High School, Shreveport, Louisiana, a chartered member of the National History Club, is pleased to announce and invite submissions for the 9th annual Gayarre Conference for secondary students.

Papers should be based on primary and secondary sources and provide innovative perspectives on the theme. If selected, the author will be given the opportunity to present his/her paper at the Conference.

Proposals should be include the title of the paper and an abstract of the proposed paper of no more than 200 words. Include a biography of the author of no more than 100 words written in the third person.

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Possible approaches to the theme (Others encouraged): 

• Roles of Women in History

• Treatment of Women

• Gender Identities

• Gender Roles and Norms

• Women’s Movements

• Women “Firsts” 

• Women & Equality

• Women & Labor 

• Women & Politics

• Women & Beliefs

• Women & the Arts

• Women & Economics

• Women & War

• Women & Sports

• Women & Society

• Women & Race

• Women & Class

• Women & Science