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BCWO Goals, Letter to Pat Withner

In the early 1970s before the founding of the Women's Studies Program, the Brooklyn College Women's Organization (BCWO) addressed several concerns of women faculty and students at the college. Historian and co-founder Renate Bridenthal notifies the office of College Relations of BCWO's formation and outlines their goals to investigate and dismantle institutional sexism and structural gender inequality at the college in the following areas: day care, gender imbalances in offices and departments throughout the university, equal employment in pay, rank, and tenure, maternity leave, academic and career counseling that resulted in tracking of women students, and sex discrimination.

Source | Bridenthal, Renate
Creator | Brooklyn College Women's Organization
Date Created | February 23, 1971
Rights | Obtain From Bridenthal, Renate
Item Type | Text (Diary / Correspondence)
Cite This document | Brooklyn College Women's Organization, “BCWO Goals, Letter to Pat Withner,” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed March 19, 2024, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/5512.

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