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Women's Studies: The Case For A Departmental Model, Madeleine J. Goodman

Women's Studies Quarterly

The underlying premise on which we in women's studies have campaigned, and campaigned successfully, for the augmentation of academic curricula by a new and multifaceted field of studies during a period of relative austerity and even retrenchment in the academic world is the recognition of the serious effects of long-term neglect of such studies by the established disciplines. History, we say, and have demonstrated, has not been the history of women. Literature studies have not heard the voices of women, and studies of art have not seen through the eyes of women. The prevailing models of human evolution have been …

Integrating Women Into The Liberal Arts Curriculum: Some Results Of "A Modest Survey", Ann Froines

Women's Studies Quarterly

In 1978, the Women's Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts/Boston initiated a survey to examine the impact on the liberal arts curriculum of the new scholarship on women. We were looking beyond the courses offered by Women's Studies, since one of the goals of our program, like others, had been to promote the transformation of the male-centered curriculum. During much of its first decade, Women's Studies had focused on developing its own courses and scholarship. By 1978, the Women's Studies Program offered annually ten courses taught by its own faculty, as well as cross-listing another twenty courses regularly offered …

Back Matter, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Newsbriefs, Sharon Rae Jenkins, S. F., F. H.

Women's Studies Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The Women's Studies Conference In Berlin: Another Chapter In The Controversy, Peggy Mcintosh

Women's Studies Quarterly

Those who read the Winter and Spring issues of the Women's Studies Newsletter in 1979 may remember accounts of controversies among women which surrounded feminist thought, teaching, and research in all of West Germany, and especially in Berlin. The next chapter in the controversy, though far from the last, occurred last April at the Free University of Berlin, where three hundred people attended a conference on "Aims, Content, and Institutionalization of Women's Studies and Research," sponsored by Berlin's Senator for Education, and by the President of the Free University of Berlin. Foreign participants were invited from Sweden, France, Italy, The …

Unesco Document By Twelve "Experts On Research, And Teaching Related To Women," Paris, May 1980, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

In May 1980, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) invited twelve "experts on research and teaching related to women" to a special meeting in Paris. The experts were Julinda Abu Nasr, Director of the Institute of Women's Studies in the Arab World (Lebanon); Alya Baffoun, Center for Economic Study and Research (Tunisia); Teresita Barbieri, Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Social Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Uruguay); Lil Despradel, sociologist (Dominican Republic); Florence Howe, Professor of Humanities, State University of New York/College at Old Westbury (United States); Herta Kuhrig, Director of the Forschungsgruppe …

El Coquí: Volume 10, Number 3 (1980), Hostos Community College

Gerald J. Meyer Save Hostos Collection

A news publication of Hostos Community College of the City University of New York.

Scholarships For Teachers At The Nwsa Convention, Sue Elwell, Patti Lather

Women's Studies Quarterly

Despite the fact that approximately 70 percent of those being trained in schools of education are women, most schools of education, as Florence Howe has recently pointed out (Harvard Educational Review, Special Issue on Women, vol. 49, no. 4, November 1979), have been resistant to the impact of the women's movement. This situation underscores the mandate of NWSA to reach out to public school educators, who play a crucial role in either perpetuating or counteracting sex stereotyping and the low aspirations of women.

The plan to involve more preK-12 teachers in the Second NWSA Convention began with the …

A Journalist's Personal View Of The Nwsa Convention, Ann Colbert

Women's Studies Quarterly

For me, the National Women's Studies Association Convention this May was many things: for me as an Indiana University News Bureau writer, it was a chance to generate publicity both about the Convention and about the university; for me as a member of the Women's Studies Program Coordinating Committee, it was the culmination of a great deal of hard work which began last fall and continued through the Convention; for me as a returning woman student, it was an affirmation of much that had helped me grow into an effective human being. When asked to write about the Convention, I …

Newsbriefs, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The Astraea Foundation: A New Resource For Women, Nancy Dean

Women's Studies Quarterly

In 1977 a group of 12 women from New York and Connecticut formed The Astraea Foundation to support the efforts of women to develop economic independence and foster personal well-being. The by-laws establish the Foundation as multiracial and multiethnic; its Central Board as at least 5O percent minority in membership; and its aim to provide financial assistance to those who have little access to funding. Now incorporated and tax exempt, the Foundation has completed its first disbursement cycle, awarding 55,000 to groups from the Northeast region of the country who fulfill its multiracial, multiethnic, and feminist criteria.

Where does the …

A Report On Research Sessions At The 1980 Nwsa Convention, Charol Shakeshaft

Women's Studies Quarterly

I cannot stress how important for . . . the future of human experience it is to take the development and explication of a feminine perspective in ... research seriously and to devote all our talents and energies collectively to its accomplishment. -Jane Anton

As research on women has increased, researchers have become increasingly concerned about how appropriate the existing research methodologies are for the study of women. In one of the earliest critiques, Rae Carlson argued that current research paradigms, which she characterized as involving manipulation, quantification, and control, not only impose restraints on the understanding of female psychology, …

Nwsa News And Views, Elaine Reuben, Pat Gozemba, Jan Meriwether, Shelley Anderson, Polly Kellogg, Coralyn Fontaine, Norma J. Cobbs, Pat Miller

Women's Studies Quarterly

FROM THE NATIONAL OFFICE

By Elaine Reuben

At the opening session of the 1980 NWSA Convention, Dale Spender urged U.S. feminist educators to educate themselves beyond national boundaries. She called for an extension of our consciousness-raising efforts to understand and appreciate differences within an international feminist movement: for our own sakes, as well as for our sisters around the globe.

In the Spring Newsletter editorial, Florence Howe noted the large questions and hard choices posed by a growing awareness of international developments in women's studies. "Should we be institution-building in the U.S. or helping, advising, missionizing, urging—and learning from—women's studies …

Nwsa News And Views, Pat Gozemba, Patricia A. Frech, Barbara Hillyer Davis, Barbara Parker, Marcia Westkott, Jerilyn Fisher

Women's Studies Quarterly

FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE

Responding to the 1979 charge of the Finance Committee and the Delegate Assembly, the Coordinating Council devoted a major portion of its February 14-17 meeting in College Park to a discussion of finances. The clear intent of all sessions was the consideration of fiscal responsibility in terms of feminist principles and the goals of NWSA.

On February 13, several members of the 1979-80 Finance Committee (Liz Birch, Alice Stadthaus, Barbara Taylor, Mary Thornberry, and Robin Wright) met with the Steering Committee (Pat Gozemba, Jan Meriwether, and Kay Towns); the National Coordinator, Elaine Reuben; the National Staff …

Newsbriefs, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Graduate Programs In Women's Studies, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

The following report is the latest addition to a continuing series of reports on graduate opportunities in Women's Studies, of which the first two reports may be found in the Fall 1978 (Vol. VI, No. 4) and Winter 1979 (Vol . VII, No. 1) issues of the Women's Studies Newsletter.

Women's Studies Programs offering graduate degrees were asked to respond to the following questions:

1. What is the curricular shape and major emphasis of your program? How flexible is it? How many (and which) credits and other requirements must be completed for the degree? Name your degree(s).

2. What …

Teaching Women's History To Men In Prison, Diane Tarmy Rudnick, Sayre Phillips Sheldon

Women's Studies Quarterly

"To me, real feminism means working together with other people to try to change the balance of power and wealth, working for everybody's right to human dignity."—Inmate at Massachusetts Correctional Institute, Norfolk

With all the problems of getting women's history accepted in traditional institutions, why try to introduce it in an environment that we could expect to be unsympathetic? The idea, when it was first suggested to us, sounded improbable.

As we discussed it, possibilities began to emerge. We were each giving courses at Boston University on women's history in America: one emphasizing the economic and social aspects, the …

The Ticker, March 14, 1980

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Course Catalog 1980-1981, Laguardia Community College

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Pegasus 1980, Bronx Community College

Yearbooks

1980 yearbook from Bronx Community College of the City University of New York.

Bronx Community College Of The City University Of New York Course Catalog 1980-82, Bronx Community College

Course Catalogs

Course catalog for Bronx Community College for 1980-82.

Borough Of Manhattan Community College Of The City University Of New York Catalog 1980-82, Borough Of Manhattan Community College

Archives

This is the official college catalog for 1980-1981. It contains course descriptions as well as information on degree programs, admissions, tuition and fees, financial aid, a brief profile of the college, including information on the development of a new campus, college resources and services, and the academic calendar.

Women's Studies And Science, Anne Fausto-Sterling

Women's Studies Quarterly

The following paper was originally a talk delivered at the Research Conference on Educational Environments and the Undergraduate Woman, sponsored by HERS , New England, at Wellesley College last year.

One manifestation of the rigid division of sex roles in our society is the fact that relatively few women are scientists, especially physical scientists and mathematicians. My interest in addressing the subject of women and the science curriculum stems from my desire to change this situation, to allow equal access of men and women into science. The college curriculum is only a small part of this problem. The different socialization …

Women's Studies At Emma Willard School, Edith Prescott

Women's Studies Quarterly

In our Fall issue (Vol. VII, No. 4), we published an article by historian Anne Firor Scott about Emma Willard, the pioneer feminist who founded the Troy Female Seminary in 1821. In the following article, a teacher at the school-now called Emma Willard School after its illustrious founder-brings us up to date on its continued progress in the area of women's education.

Centers For Research On Women, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

The following annotated listing was kindly supplied by Mariam Chamberlain of The Ford Foundation. Reprints may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Women 's Studies Newsletter, Box 334, Old Westbury, NY 11568, or to the National Women's Studies Association, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

Women's Studies Programs - 1980, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

Most of the programs listed below are interdisciplinary; i.e., they combine courses in literature, language, or culture with work in sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, history, philosophy, psychology, biology, and related fields. Many offer interdisciplinary courses as well as internships. Some programs offer minors (denoted by Min) or certificates (denoted by Cer); others offer major concentrations in women's studies or award A.A., B.A., M.A., or Ph.D. degrees. Programs listed without a specific label offer or coordinate elective courses. Where no coordinator, director, or chairperson is listed, the program may be in the process of organization, or it may have …

Editorial: Toward Women's Studies In The Eighties: Part Two, F. H.

Women's Studies Quarterly

Toward Women's Studies in the Eighties: Part Two

In the last issue, we outlined a new challenge: infusing women's studies into general education and basic skills programs. Here, in an issue that includes a number of lists, we will offer one more editorially: a list of "understandings." The list below names the areas in which women's studies has developed "streams" of courses (disciplinary and interdisciplinary), and classifies areas of scholarship from which research agendas are emerging:

The Ticker, December 11, 1979

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

The Communicator, December, 1979, Bronx Community College

The Communicator

The Communicator newspaper published in December, 1979.

The Reporter, September 26, 1979

The Reporter

The Reporter was Baruch College's evening session newspaper. Founded in 1923, when Baruch College was still part of City College, the Reporter billed itself as "the Oldest Evening Session College Newspaper Published in the United States." It ceased publication in 2002.