SPW Event Highlights, Current Program Year 2004-2005

December 2004:

SPW Annual Holiday Tea
Lisa's Tea Treasures, Santana Row, San Jose
Sunday, December 5, 2004
3:40 to 6:00 pm

SPW's 2004 annual holiday high tea was a great success! Thirty-five of us gathered on Sunday, December 5, at Lisa's Tea Treasures in Santana Row for Sumptuous Scones, Sandwiches, Petits Fours in a unique and authentic Victorian Tea Room serving a traditional afternoon tea. Old World elegance abounded in the atmosphere of this beautifully furnished shop. The tables were set with a full array of traditional accouterments; linen tablecloths, delicate fine china, tea cozies, strainers, and of course, gourmet loose-leaf tea served in style and grace by servers in full 19th century Victorian costume.

We all enjoyed the elegance of old Europe; high ceilings, decorative molding, sumptuous drapes, and velvet and tapestry chairs provided us with delightful atmosphere and comfort. The event was marked with lively conversation and much fun was had by all.

November 2004:

SPW Regional Dinners
Monday, November 8, 2004

Potluck dinners and informal networking in small groups at members' homes on the Peninsula and beyond.

Celebrating Women
Presented by Paola Gianturco (Stanford '61), Author & Photographer
Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 6-9:30pm
Fisher Conference Center, Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford Campus

SPW members and guests turned up to celebrate women all over the world through Paola Gianturco's powerful photographs from her gorgeous new coffee-table book Celebrating Women. Paola, a world-renowned photojournalist, has documented women’s lives in forty countries and her new book is also the subject of the first exhibit ever curated by the International Museum of Women, in San Francisco. The room was abuzz with the mission of the Museum and its stunning plans for a permanent space on Pier 26.

From left to right:
Nancy Reyering, SPW Board Member;
Paola Gianturco, Author & Photographer; and
Lisa Anderson Kelley, Development Directorof the International Museum of Women

"It would make my heart sing if women could come to understand each other more completely—enough to collaborate, using similarities and differences, to attack the problems that beleaguer women and their families everywhere: poverty, violence, disease, malnutrition, illiteracy, environmental degradation." Paola Gianturco

If you missed the event, don't miss the Museum! Bring your sisters, daughters, mothers and friends. An edifice dedicated to the history, wisdom, beauty, strength and success of women throughout the world is something we should all celebrate.

SPW 2003-2004 Kickoff Event
Stanford Women's Changing Roles in the Workplace and at Home
With Speaker Dr. Myra Strober, Founding Director of Stanford Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Wednesday, September 22, 2004, 6-9:30pm
Fisher Conference Center, Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford Campus

Our kickoff event featured Dr. Myra Strober, a labor economist and professor in the School of Education and Graduate School of Business. Dr. Strober, who had had several SPW members as her students, discussed progress women have made in the workplace as well as challenges we still face. She also discussed her book, The Road Winds Uphill All the Way: Combining Work and Family in the United States and Japan as well as citing the need for comprehensive federal support for child care in order for women to truly gain equality in the workplace. A very lively Q &A discussion followed as this topic proved to be of great interest to our membership.

Dr. Myra Strober
Founding Director of Stanford Institute for Research on Women and Gender