The Role of Women in Promotion of Peace
23 July 2018 The Role of Women in Promotion of Peace
In conjunction with the 170th anniversary of the First Womens Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Professor of Womens Studies and President of the National Womens Hall of Fame Betty Bayer participated in a panel discussion on the role of women in the promotion of peace.
The discussion took place at The Guntzel Theater, Womens Rights National Historical Park on Saturday, July 21. Other panelists included Donna Reed Foundation board member Mary Owen, George R. Cooley Curator at Swarthmore College Peace Collection Wendy Chmielewski, and curator of the Friends Historical Society at Swarthmore College Christopher Densmore.
In addition to serving as the panels moderator, Bayerspoke about the history and legacy of The Seneca Womens Encampment for a Future of Peace of Justice, which was founded by concerned women in upstate New York on July 4, 1983. Visitors to Seneca Fallsalso had the opportunity to visit exhibits on Lucretia Mott, the Universal Peace Union and Donna Reed, and Another Mother for Peace at The Seneca Falls Its a Wonderful Life Museum/ IDEA Center for the Voices of Humanity.
Bayeris an expert on the intersections of womens history, psychology, science, religion and spirituality. She has explored the abolitionist and womens rights movements, and their common history in central New York. Recognized for her outstanding teaching, Bayer received the Colleges Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award in 2004 and the Community Service Award in 2009. She has served as the chair of the Womens Studies Program since 2001 and directed the Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men from 2002 to 2009. Follow theNWHF on Facebook andon Instagram.
A former senior fellow at the Martin Marty Center for the Study of Religion at the University of Chicago, Bayer earned her Ph.D., M.A. and B.A. in psychology from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.