Jacksonville, AL –For more than 140 decades, JSU females have made history at the campus and beyond. English teacher Eliza A. Bowen – one of the very first female faculty members hired when the school began in 1883 – was a well-known writer and is still remembered for writing the definitive textbook on astronomy. The student Heather Whitestone McCallum was crowned the first deaf Miss America in 1995.
Dr. Roberta Watts, who became JSU’s first faculty member of color in 1969, and its first dean who was black in 1983, was the first nursing dean of black descent of a historically black institution in Alabama. Ashley Martin Cockrell, a student athlete, became the first female to score in the first NCAA Division I American football game in 2001. Of course there’s JSU colleague who was a former member of staff Lilly Ledbetter, who had an act bearing her name enacted by Obama in 2009. Obama in 2009.
Inspired by the achievements to these women and many other famous JSU women The campus will celebrate Women’s History Month 2023 throughout March with these activities.
JSU Storytellers
March 2, 5-7 p.m., Leone Cole Auditorium
The open mic event will also feature a keynote speech delivered by Sandra Sudduth, a retired JSU educator who served as a city council member for 30 years. It is important to register for the event if you are planning to perform.
No Man’s Land
March 14 5:15 p.m., Rec Center
A night of film and discussion while we shine a light on women who are involved in outdoor recreation.
Women’s March
March 28 12:00 p.m., Theron Montgomery Building
The march will begin at the TMB from the TMB to McCluer Chapel, where there will be an award ceremony for females at the campus who are bringing positive changes.
