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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
City Council Press Release on Sex Discrimination

This press release from the New York City Council Office of Public Information announces Councilmember Carol Greitzer's accusation that the Board of Education "discriminated against thousands of women employees at a financial loss running into the [...]

Item Type: Text (Memorandum)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, City / State Relations, CUNY Administration, Faculty Governance, Gender, Legal, Politics, Women's Studies
Tags: Board of Higher Education, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College Women's Organization, City Hall, Employment, Media / Press, Sex discrimination, Women’s Movement / Feminism
"The Past and Future of Women's Studies" - Conference Talk

Women's Studies Program co-founder historian Renate Bridenthal gave this talk for the Brooklyn College Institute in Women's Studies for Secondary School Faculty conference in 1980. Bridenthal recounts the formation of the Brooklyn College Women's [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: Activism, Gender, Pedagogy, Politics, Women's Studies
Tags: Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College Women's Organization, Curriculum, Renate Bridenthal, Women's Center, Women’s Movement / Feminism

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