Her Own Hero Book Talk and Self-Defense Demo
When:
Friday, Mar 30, 2018 7:00p -
8:30p
Friday, Mar 30, 2018 7:00p -
8:30p
Where:
Harvard Coop
1400 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-her-own-hero-the-origins-of-womens-self-defense-tickets-42881587984?aff=efbeventtix
Please join The Harvard Coop us for an informative and hands-on presentation about the history of women's self defense featuring Wendy Rouse author of Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women's Self Defense Movement and Meg Stone, Executive Director of Impact Boston.
Come learn and practice skills for awareness, verbal assertiveness, and physical protection. Feel stronger and more confident in everyday situations while also preparing for potentially dangerous situations.
About the Book:
At the turn of the twentieth century, women famously organized to demand greater social and political freedoms like gaining the right to vote. However, few realize that the Progressive Era also witnessed the birth of the women’s self-defense movement. Some women were inspired to take up boxing and jiu-jitsu for very personal reasons that ranged from protecting themselves from attacks by strangers on the street to rejecting gendered notions about feminine weakness and empowering themselves as their own protectors. Perhaps more importantly the discussion surrounding women's self-defense revealed powerful myths about the source of violence against women opening up conversations about the less visible violence that many women faced in their own homes. Through self-defense training women debunked patriarchal myths about inherent feminine weakness creating a new image of women as powerful and self-reliant.
About the Author:
Wendy L. Rouse is an assistant professor at San Jose State University where she teaches courses in history and teacher preparation. Rouse’s scholarly research focuses on the history of women and children in the United States during the Progressive-Era.
About Meg Stone:
Meg Stone is the Executive Director of IMPACT and the Project Director of IMPACT:Ability. Meg has led IMPACT since 2005 and in that time she has led the development of abuse prevention and safety training programs for schools, homeless shelters, rape crisis centers, disability service agencies and domestic violence organizations.
About Impact:
Since 1971, IMPACT has been teaching solutions for safe living. IMPACT provides realistic personal safety training that gives people the skills to respond appropriately to threatening situations in the moment of fear or intimidation. We also collaborate with schools and organizations to create programs that proactively prevent abuse. IMPACT’s prevention programs emphasize giving people the tools to manage their adrenaline or stress responses so they can intervene effectively when they observe risky situations. Too often abuse goes unchallenged because people don’t feel safe speaking up. IMPACT programs help people increase their ability to safely advocate for themselves and others.
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