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Letter to the Editor, New York Times Magazine

As women's studies programs began to emerge in colleges around the country, faculty had to fight to legitimize the field of academic inquiry and interdisciplinary framing. Furthermore, several programs had to fend off homophobic and misogynist [...]

Item Type: Text (Diary / Correspondence)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Academic Freedom, Activism, Diversity, Gender, Politics, Women's Studies
Tags: Brooklyn College, Homophobia, Media / Press, Renate Bridenthal, Women's Center, Women’s Movement / Feminism
Congresswoman Chisholm Letter to President Kneller on Sex Discrimination

The Brooklyn College Women's Organization (BCWO) was organized in the early 1970s by an interdisciplinary group of faculty across departments to address sex discrimination other issues facing women on campus. This letter from BCWO notifies the [...]

Item Type: Text (Diary / Correspondence)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Board of Higher Education, City / State Relations, Diversity, Gender, Legal, Politics
Tags: Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College Women's Organization, Employment, Hon. Shirley Chisholm, John Kneller, Media / Press, Sex discrimination, Women’s Movement / Feminism

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