Womanish Ways: Freedom, Human Rights
and Democracy: Woman's Suffrage Movement

sis_womanishways2 The journey to female enfranchisement, spanning more tha decade, was led by five Bahamian women - Mary Ingraham, Georgiana Symonette, Mabel Walker, Eugenia Lockhard, and Dame Dr. Doris Johnson.

The documentary "Womanish Ways" narrates the story of that incredible journey. The film is directed by Dr. Marion Bethel, an award-winning poet, short-story writer, and essayist.

What: Showing of "Womanish Ways"
When: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Living Learning Center II Auditorium

Oral History Project
International Studies
Department of History
Social Justice Fellows Program

For additional information, contact Gloria Wade-Gayles at 404-270-5565 or Dacia Davis at 404- 270-6073

Biographical Sketch: Marion Bethel

marionbethel2 A graduate of Cambridge University, Marion Bethel has been working as an attorney since 1986.

Bethel's writings have appeared in WomanSpeak, The Caribbean Writer, BIM, Poui, Callalo and The Massachusetts Review; and anthologized in numerous works such as Moving Beyond Boundaries, Wheel and Come Again and MaComere.

A James Michener, Cave Canem and Bunting Institute fellow, Bethel has been a guest writer at the Miami International Book Fair, the Caribbean Women Writers Series, in International Poetry Festivals of Medellín, Granada and Bolivia, the International Writers Workshop, Hong Kong and the St. Martin Book Fair and the International Poetry Festival of Granada.

Bethel's first volume of poetry, Guanahani, My Love, won the prestigious Casa de las Américas Prize. It was published in a bilingual edition (Spanish/English) in 1995. Guanahani, My Love, was re-published in March 2009 by House of Nehesi Publishers, St. Martin, WI. Her most recent poetry collection, Bougainvillea Ringplay, was published in 2009 by Peepal Tree Press, Leeds, England.

Bethel is currently working on a third manuscript of poetry and a novel. Her vision is the driving force behind the documentary.