The AMU student group genuine.feminine is holding its second annual conference March 31, 2012.

The theme of this year's conference is: What is a woman and how does she affect her society and culture?

The day-long conference will delve into what it means to be a woman, with insights from a study of Jane Austen's heroines, and answers to questions like: what is gender, and why does it matter? With this background, the conference will look at the role women play in today's society and what she can do to change it.


The featured speaker is Kay S. Hymowitz, the William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She writes extensively on childhood, family issues, poverty, and cultural change in America. Hymowitz is the author of 4 books, most recently, Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Is Turning Men Into Boys.

The full schedule: 8:00     Registration Opens and Continental Breakfast
9:00     Mass at the Ave Maria Oratory
10:00   Opening Remarks
10:15   Talk 1: Dr. Travis Curtright
11:15    Coffee Social
11:45    Panel 1: Maria Almeida, Deirdre Lawler, Christa McMahon
12:45    Free Time
1:00      Lunch and Speaker: Mary Sheehan Warren
2:45      Talk 2: Dr. Maria Fedoryka
3:45      Dessert Social
4:15      Panel 2: Mary Curtright, Mary Towey, Susan Waldstein
5:15      Free Time
6:00      Evening Banquet and Keynote Speaker: Kay S. Hymowitz
7:00      Closing Remarks

Registration for genuine.feminine.2012 is open to: -high school girls in 11th-12th grades ($15)-college age students, both male and female ($15)-young professional women ($30)-mothers of small children ($30)-Ave Maria University faculty and staff ($15) For more information and to register online, go to the conference website: http://www.genuinefeminine.com