CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles – now the Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CWSW) – November 1979 Newsletter contained notes, announcements, and information on women's studies programs and events at different City University of New York (CUNY) colleges. This particular Newsletter was critical because it was the first publication to focus on the importance of an international network of feminist scholars. Paula Webster recognized that there was no place in the United States where feminist scholars of different communities could share their work and communicate their findings in a setting that was not strictly academic. She envisioned a space where various pieces pertinent to the international women's movement could be translated, collaborated on, and distributed on a much broader scale. The Newsletter also provided a list of events the Center was offering for November 1979.