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A History Of The Center For The Study Of Women And Society, 1975–2015, Clarisa Gonzalez
A History Of The Center For The Study Of Women And Society, 1975–2015, Clarisa Gonzalez
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In the early 1970s, New York City was experiencing an extreme fiscal crisis, with a reported debt of at least $600 million. In CUNY, students were protesting admissions policies that favored the white middle class and hikes in tuition. At the same time, the women’s movement was in the midst of the “second wave,” focusing on women in the workplace and in education. It’s in the midst of these tumultuous times that the first motions to create what was then called the Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles began in 1975 by Graduate Center faculty Joan Kelly, …