The AAUW Corpus Christi Branch meeting was held on February 2, 2019, at the William F. White Library on the Del Mar College East campus.  Before the speaker was introduced, a special tribute was given to Audrey Jones – AAUW member since 1970 – in celebration of her 98th birthday.  After congratulations and well-wishes, the birthday cake was shared and enjoyed by all.

AAUW Branch speaker, Dr. Sandine Sanos, Associate Professor at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.

Betty Maroney, chair of the Book Finders Committee, introduced our speaker, Dr. Sandrine Sanos, who is an Associate Professor of Modern European History at Texas A&M University.  Dr. Sanos earned her Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 2004, and she serves as the coordinator of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at TAMU-CC. Dr. Sanos’s presentation, “Writing in the Shadow of War and the Holocaust: Simone de Beauvoir and Anna Langfus, 1960-1963,” painted a picture of women’s experiences during this time, as depicted by Simone de Beauvoir, a famous French writer, philosopher, and feminist, and by Anna Langfus, a Polish/French author who was a concentration camp survivor.

After the program, a presentation was made to the 2019 Sue Stanford Scholarship recipient.  Dr. Robert Wooster, Professor of History at Texas A&M University introduced Shelby Gonzalez who is working on her master’s thesis in history.  Dottie Ewing, AAUW Branch President, presented Shelby with the $1,500 scholarship.  Shelby expressed her gratitude to the AAUW Branch and described how meaningful it was to receive the assistance.

Left to right: Dottie Ewing, AAUW Branch President; Shelby Gonzalez, the 2019 Sue Stanford Scholarship recipient; and Dr. Robert Wooster, Professor of History at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.