Bates Professor to Discuss “Suffering for Beauty
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — A noted science and technology historian from Bates College will make a Women’s History Month presentation at the University of Maine on Thursday, March 20.
Rebecca Herzig is associate professor and chair of Women and Gender Studies at Bates. The author of “Suffering for Science: Reason and Sacrifice in Modern America,” Herzig will speak on “Suffering for Beauty: Women, Technology and Body Care in American History.” Her talk is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. in Memorial Union’s Bangor Room.