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Women In English Departments Before 1930 - And After: A Note, John C. Gerber

Women's Studies Quarterly

[These remarks were prepared for a panel at the Modern Language Association Convention of December 1974.]

In at least the schools I know something about, mainly in the midwest, women were added to the permanent staffs of English departments rather frequently from 1900 to 1930, almost not at all from 1930 to the mid-sixties, and in steadily increasing numbers since the mid-sixties.

In the first of these periods, 1900 to 1930, women composed a fraction of the English staffs, maybe about a fourth or a third. Some of them became highly respected scholars. I'm thinking of persons such as Helen …

Front Matter, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Women's Studies Programs, 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. Some programs offer minors (denoted by*). others award the B.A. (denoted by**) or A.A. degree (denoted by***). still others offer the M.A. (denoted by+). Three programs offer the Ph.D. (denoted by †). Programs listed without a specific label offer a roster of elective courses. Where no chairperson is listed, either the program is still in the process of organization or it has chosen to function through a committee, …

Newsbriefs, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

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News From Spain, Phyllis Zatlin Boring

Women's Studies Quarterly

Jornadas Catalanes de la Dona. More than 2000 women representing 100 organizations in northeastern Spain participated in a four-day women's meeting at the end of May, the first such conference to be held in Barcelona during the 40-year period since the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Topics of discuss ion during the much-publicized meetings included women in the workforce, women and the family, women and politics, women and education, women and the law, women and sexuality. One point made in the conference was that women had greater legal equality during the period preceding the war than they have …

Review Of Women In Perspective: A Guide To Cross-Cultural Studies, Susan Lowes

Women's Studies Quarterly

WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE: A GUIDE TO CROSS CULTURAL STUDIES, by Sue-Ellen Jacobs (University of Illinois Press, 1974: $3.45). It's hard to believe that an extended bibliography could be an underground classic, but in a sense this one was until this inexpensive paperback edition came out. Before that it circulated as a two-inch thick mimeographed 8½ x 11 tome. As a reference, this book is invaluable and should be useful to people in many fields—anthropology, sociology, political science, etc.

The Future Of Women's Studies, Joanne Mckim, Elsa Greene, Suzette A. Henke, Jane Lee Yare

Women's Studies Quarterly

from SANTA ANA COLLEGE

Santa Ana College (SAC), a two-year community college in southern California, is offering a unique program in women's studies. Beginning in the academic year 1975-1976, SAC is making a major in women's studies available. The program is designed to meet a comprehensive set of specific feminist objectives and goals. Accordingly, it is one of the first community colleges in the nation to adopt a commitment to feminism far more solid and long term than the typical patchwork "course-here-and-there" approach that most two-year colleges use in this subject area...

...from the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA...

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Closeup: Women In Print, Rebecca Anne Sive-Tomashefsky

Women's Studies Quarterly

For several years the Center for Continuing Education at Loop College, City Colleges of Chicago, has offered a variety of courses in women's studies. This past spring, a course called Women in Print, taught by lnforwomen, the women's publishing group of the Chicago Women's Directory, offered information about publishing, which could be learned nowhere else in Chicago for $5 and one hour of college credit.

New Law In State Of Washington, Sally Bader Mackle

Women's Studies Quarterly

As of June 9, 1975 the state of Washington has a new law that deals effectively with the problem of sex discrimination in the public schools. The new legislation, House Bill 413, outlaws "inequality in the educational opportunities afforded women and girls at all levels of the public schools in Washington state," since such inequality would be a breach of the state's Equal Rights Amendment. Specifically, the new law gives the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) the power to "develop regulations and guidelines to eliminate sex discrimination as it applies to public school employment, counseling and guidance services to students, …

New Curricular Focus In Women's Studies Programs, Florence Howe

Women's Studies Quarterly

In a year during which we have read each week of cutbacks in some college or univers ity system, it is heartening to be able to report that the growth of women's studies has continued at least at its previous rate. No programs have been lost. We seem to have reached no plateau—the growth is still accelerating slightly. While in the previous 18 months (from the summer of 1973 until December 1974) 37 new programs were announced, in the past 12 months, 40 new programs have appeared. Perhaps more important than the continued rise in the number of programs is …

Feminist Press Author Reveals Identity, Mary Howell

Women's Studies Quarterly

In 1972 I was appointed Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the Harvard Medical School, the first woman in the school's history to hold a position in the ranks of "high administration." I took this job because I want to believe that women physicians and medical students can make real contributions to the women's health movement, and because I know that we need the support, good sense and good politics of other feminists, working together to revolutionize our understanding of health and health care. I hoped to make connections between the two groups and to be a voice for change …

Review Of Feminist Literary Criticism: Explorations In Theory, Florence Howe

Women's Studies Quarterly

FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM: EXPLORATIONS IN THEORY, edited by Josephine Donovan (The University Press of Kentucky, 1975.) 81 pp. Five essays never before published plus the editor's brief preface and afterword, this slim volume is a useful addition to the growing shelf of feminist criticism.

Picture Books With Female Heroes, Joanne E. Bernstein

Women's Studies Quarterly

During the past several years, articles have been appearing in the women's magazines and in educational journals which have told of the meager or negative portrayal of females to be found in books for the youngest children. During 1973 and 1974, in preparation for a workshop concerning female roles in literature, I searched libraries for books which feature females. In addition, I contacted 21 major publishers and asked for such books. Twelve publishers kindly allowed me to examine all the books they considered to be appropriate—that is, books which would have female protagonists. After my visits to countless libraries and …

Back Matter, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

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Review Of Nonsexist Education For Young Children: A Practical Guide, Selma Greenberg

Women's Studies Quarterly

NONSEXIST EDUCATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN: A PRACTICAL GUIDE, edited by Barbara Sprung (New York: Citation Press, 1975, $3.25). I can sum up my response to this publication in four words: Buy it! Read it! Although primarily designed for teachers and administrators of early childhood education programs, it will interest the parents of young children, particularly those involved in cooperative or parent-directed early childhood programs. However, all persons interested in the reduction and elimination of sexism in the educational process will find this book well-written, well-documented, and sound in its views of past and present early childhood education. The commitment to …

The Case For A National Women's Studies Association, Elsa Greene

Women's Studies Quarterly

Thinking wishfully, the case for a national women's studies association is very straightforward: Most of us who are committed to the study of women are short on time, energy and money. By organizing ourselves, we could make our work easier and more effective.

Since 1973, when Catharine Stimpson first suggested the formation of a national association, there has been widespread consensus about a few basic functions that such an organization might serve. First, we clearly need a nationwide communications network. Learning administrative tactics through trial and error is expensive. We would benefit from prompt reporting on our strategic failures and …

To Our Readers, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

This is both a special issue and a double issue. We have been so gratified by the response to our requests for reports from Women's Studies Programs on The Future of Women's Studies that we have decided to put off for an early Winter issue another essay on women's studies by Florence Howe. Instead, we chose to bring you five reports from SUNY programs and some news of the State University of New York's response to women's studies. We chose also to print as many of the reports from programs that this issue could hold. Some of our regular features …

Back Matter, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Closeup: Women In Management Seminar, Ellen Silber

Women's Studies Quarterly

A unique aspect of the Marymount College, Tarrytown, Women's Studies Program is a three day residential seminar entitled Self-Development for Women in Management. It was offered for the first time in January 1975, again the first week in April and is planned for other times throughout the coming year. The seminar grew out of an extensive research project conducted by six faculty members. In the fall of 1975, an executive of a large international corporation approached the college and told us of a problem (as he perceived it) that existed in his company. Equal opportunity regulations require the upgrading of …

Notes Toward An Analysis Of Discrimination, Gloria Desole, Dora Odarenko

Women's Studies Quarterly

Two years ago, in December 1972, the American Association of University Professors Committee W Report on the State of Women on the Faculty of Skidmore College concluded that the college appeared to be discriminating against women in its hiring practice. Studies of the faculty during the preceding five years showed that in a time of faculty expansion there had been an overall decrease in the teaching faculty by one woman and an increase by twenty-one men. In the words of the Report, it was "not a very equitable development in an already poor balance" of 86 men to 58 …

Newsbriefs, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Women's Studies In The South Central Region: A Conference, Victoria Jacoby

Women's Studies Quarterly

On October 19, 1974, 150 women and men, students and faculty, gathered at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas for a women's studies conference. Representatives from four states (Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas) and over 25 schools exchanged tales of triumph and frustration along with their course syllabi. One year of good intentions and another year of actual planning by the S.M.U. Women's Studies Council preceded the event itself. The conference was a product of an odd combination of zeal, obligation and curiosity.

The conference was a great idea, we acknowledged, but how could the S.M.U. Women's Studies Council teach …

The Future Of Women's Studies: Focus On The State University Of New York, Florence Howe, Lauren Stern, Francine Frank, Joan Schulz, Harpur College Committee On Women's Studies, Women's Studies College, Jennie Farley

Women's Studies Quarterly

One of the most distinguished programs in women's studies was begun on the Buffalo campus of the State University of New York in 1970, another in 1969 at Cornell University, an institution affiliated with SUNY. At SUNY/College at Old Westbury, a Women's Studies Program was written into the innovative curriculum planned more than four years ago, and that institution has been host to The Feminist Press and the Clearinghouse on Women's Studies since that time. Newer programs have developed at Albany, Brockport and New Paltz, while SUNY/Binghamton's women's history program is the first in the nation to grant the doctorate. …

The Future Of Women's Studies (Continued), Gayle Kimball, Barbara Bellows Watson, Charlotte R. Tatro, Barbara Rakow, Maria Fernandez, Elizabeth Diggs, Virginia Walcott Beauchamp, Catherine E. Portuges, Susan Phipps-Sanger, Toni Mcnaron, Juanita H. Williams

Women's Studies Quarterly

from the CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO

Women's Studies at Chico developed from courses offered by women in their different departments, gathered to form a minor degree program in spring, 1973. Two specifically women's studies courses were designed at that time: a team-taught Introduction to Women's Studies (draws around 80 students a semester, changes women students' expectations and horizons by projecting models of achieving women) and a Senior Research Seminar designed to integrate the students' major and minor. Both are taught by the Women's Studies Coordinator. Student demand has led to the development of new courses whose content received a great …

Women In High School History Textbooks, Phyllis Arlow, Merle Froschl

Women's Studies Quarterly

Concerned about the inclusion of women in the secondary school's social studies curriculum, we are interested in locating those aspects of women's lives that have been most neglected in standard history texts and in assessing the quality of such information that is included.

We began this study by examining 14 currently used textbooks (see bibliography) for the following: the listings of women in the index and table of contents; the amount of coverage given to prominent women; the inclusion of minority women; the choice and number of illustrations of women; and the suggested further readings on women. We looked for …

Letters To The Editor, Marilyn Weckwerth, Ann Oxrieder

Women's Studies Quarterly

Although we agree that Shirley Temple is an example of a precocious, active child, we are deeply concerned with the suggestion that her movies be revived for the purpose of providing a role model for the current generation of children. We are specifically troubled by both the presentation of ethnic people of color in her films and her relationships with them.

Women In High School English Literature, Phyllis Arlow, Merle Froschl

Women's Studies Quarterly

The literature which is taught in secondary schools is used not merely as a tool for improving reading, written expression and general information. To a great degree, literature defines values and reality. The effect of reading material on the beliefs of students is immediate. While all are not in agreement, at least one study using reading content as a means of changing attitudes has demonstrated that these attitudes change in a positive direction with positive character presentations, and in a negative direction with negative character presentations. 1 Considerable evidence supports the fact that not only are females portrayed differently from …

Corrections/Clarification: Women's History Library Closes, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

The article on the closing of the Women's History Library in the Fall/Winter 1974-75 issue of the Women's Studies Newsletter contained a few errors and some misleading information. To clarify: the microfilm record of women's serials (1968-1974) is called HERSTORY. These are not "history films." Neither these, nor the Health/Mental Health or Law microfilms are movies, but rather 35mm, silver halide microfilm to be read on a library reader.

Corrections/Clarification: News Briefs, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

In the Media sect ion of Newsbriefs in t he Fall/Winter 1974-75 issue, the address of the Feminist History Research Project was printed incorrectly. It is F.H.R.P., P.0. Box 1156, Topanga, CA 90290.

New Title Ix Draft Regulations, The Feminist Press

Women's Studies Quarterly

This summary of the February 28 draft of the Title IX Regulations comes from the Project on Equal Education Rights. PEER is a project of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund which monitors and publicizes enforcement efforts under federal law barring sex discrimination in education. PEER is particularly concerned with Title IX.