CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

This two-page report detailed the Institute for the Study of Women and Sex Roles' purpose and scope, need, functions, audience, space required, estimated costs, sources of funds, and relation to existing centers, schools, and institutes in the metropolitan area. Dated October 10, 1975, this document gave a clear picture of what is now the Center for the Study of Women and Society's initial conceptualization. The report showed that the Institute's founders saw a need for a women's center in the NYC metropolitan area that focused on coordinating specific study and research at the graduate level on women and sex roles. It specified that the Institute's functions would include the creation of interdisciplinary doctoral courses related to women and sex roles; to encourage and assist doctoral students in the development of related courses; to assist all CUNY campuses in the creation of courses on the study of women and sex roles at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; and tbe sponsorship of research and community programs in women and sex roles. As a self-sufficient program, the Institute aimed to develop funding sources as it grew and forged connections with similar academic and private programs in the NYC metropolitan area.