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Ford Foundation Grant Proposal: Infusing Material on Women of Color into the Liberal Arts Curriculum of the CUNY Senior Colleges

This revised June 1989 grant proposal from the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) to the Ford Foundation requested support for a project designed to incorporate material by and about women of color (WOC) into introductory courses at [...]

Infusing Material on Women of Color Project Timeline

A part of the Ford Foundation grant proposal, this file provided a timeline for implementing the inclusion of material on and by women of color (WOC) into the liberal arts curriculum of the City University of New York (CUNY) senior colleges. The [...]

Higher Education Faculty Leaders Denounce Plan to Replace Career Professors with Part-timers.

This joint May 28, 1982 statement, signed by Nuala Drescher, Lou Stollap, and Irwin Polishook, three NYS faculty union presidents, expressed shock and denounced a proposal put forward by NYS Education Commissioner Gordon Amach, which would have [...]

Annual Report of Research Centers and Institutes July 1, 1991 - June 30, 1992

This annual report of the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) from July 1, 1991, to June 30, 1992, provided a summary of CSWS's mission, activities, scholarly papers in refereed journals, abstracts, and other publications, financial [...]

Women Studies Inclusion in Community Colleges Letter and Project Summary

This 1986 summary by the director of the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS), Dr. Sue Rosenberg Zalk, provided a summary of the Community College Gender-Balancing Curriculum Project, an effort to expand Women's Studies at the [...]

Letters requesting information regarding the Gender Balancing Project of CSWS

This file from 1986 included inquiries from various educators about the Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) guide for"Putting Women into CUNY's Curriculum." This Fall 1985 publication contained resources and materials for community [...]

Addendum to the “Center for the Study of Women and Society: Plans for Expansion and Future Development” grant proposal

This correspondence from the director of the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS), Mary Brown Parlee, to Alison Bernstein from the Education and Culture Program at the Ford Foundation on September 23, 1983 served to elaborate on the [...]

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"Community College Curriculum Project" Annual Report

This report submitted to the Ford Foundation by the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) summarizes what CSWS accomplished in the eight months since they received foundation funding. The purpose of the grant was to integrate Women's [...]

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Ford Foundation Grant Approval: Mainstream New Research on Women and Minorities into the Liberal Arts Curriculum of NYC's Community Colleges

This June 19, 1984, letter from the assistant secretary of the Ford Foundation, Diane L. Galloway, to the executive director of the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (CUNY) served to inform CUNY of the approval of a $49,850 [...]

"CSWS: Plans for Expansion and Future Development" Proposal

This June 13, 1983, correspondence from the Center for the Study of Women and Society's director, Mary Brown Parlee, to The Ford Foundation's Program Officer in Charge of the Education and Culture Program, Gladys Chang Hardy, included a proposal for [...]

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Women's Studies Certificate Program (WSCP) Proposal

This proposal for a certificate program in Women's Studies at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School and University Center (Graduate Center) provided the purpose and objectives, need, and curriculum for such a program. The author [...]

WSCP Proposal Evaluation Report

This review of the Advanced Certificate Program in Women's Studies Proposal from August 1988 reiterated the need and importance of such a program at the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Evelyn Torton Beck wrote that the proposed program had [...]

WSCP Approved Governance Structure

This document contained the proposed governance structure for the Women's Studies Certificate Program (WSCP) to be approved by the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School's Graduate Council on March 1, 1990. The proposal included [...]

The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles Newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 1

The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles – now the Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CWSW) – October 1979 Newsletter, was the first issue published for its members and those interested in the Center's activities. This early [...]

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The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles Newsletter: Vol. I, No. 2

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 [...]

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The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles Newsletter: The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles Newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 3

The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles – now the Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) – December 1979 Newsletter began with reflections on The Second Sex Conference, which commemorated the publication of Simone de [...]

The Center For the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter VOL. I, NO. 4

The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles – now the Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) January 1980 Newsletter – focused on grants and funds available to its members. The issue provided information on foundations, [...]

The Center For the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter VOL.1, NO. 5

The February 1980 issue of the Newsletter from the Center for the Study of Women and sex Roles – now the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) – covered the feminist conferences sponsored by the CSWS; the first on Asian and Pacific [...]

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The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter VOL. I, NO. 8

The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles – now the Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) May 1980 Newsletter opens with a piece by Susan Saegert describing her research and the questions she wished to address in her upcoming [...]

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The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter Vol. I, No. 9

The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles - now the Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) June 1980 Newsletter began with a piece by Judith Lorber discussing her research. Her objective was to identify invisible barriers and [...]

Center for the Study of for the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter Vol. II, No. 1

This 1980 issue of the Newsletter by Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles - now the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) - dedicated its "Work in Progress" section to introduce the research twenty-six of its members would be [...]

Center for the Study of for the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter Vol. II, No. 2

This November 1, 1980 Newsletter issued by the Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles - now the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) - began with an excerpt by the Newsletter's editor, Nancy Brocklehurst. The excerpt provided [...]

Center for the Study of for the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter Volume II, No. 3

This January 1, 1981 issue of the Newsletter from the Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles – now the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) – began with an in-depth piece on Judith Walkowitz's November 14 talk at the CUNY [...]

Center for the Study of for the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter Volume II, No. 4

This issue of the Newsletter dated March 1st, 1981 by the Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles – now the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) – opened with Muriel Dimen's remarks from the "Feminism and Psychotherapy: Narrowing [...]

Center for the Study of for the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter Volume III, No. 1

The Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles 's – now the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) – first issue of the third volume of the 1981 Newsletter informed readers of the Center's new office locations; and enumerated and [...]

Center for the Study of for the Study of Women and Sex Roles: Newsletter Volume III, No. 2

The Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) 1981 Newsletter began with a report on Dr. Marilyn Gittell's talk on October 6, 1981, called "Activist Women and Political Priorities." This talk discussed how different types of women leaders [...]

Center for the Study of Women and Society: Newsletter Volume III, No. 4

The Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) 1982 Newsletter was the first issue to feature the Center's current name; previous issues had all used "the Center for the Study of Women and Sex Roles." The Newsletter opened with a report on [...]

Center for the Study of Women and Society: Newsletter Volume III, No. 5

Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) May-June 1982 Newsletter began with an analysis of medical management of birth. Referencing Barbara Katz Rothman's "In Labor: Women and Power in the Birthplace." the editor argued for changes in [...]

Center for the Study of Women and Society: Newsletter Volume IV, No.3

The Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) 1983 Newsletter opens with a review of the CUNY Feminist Network Conference, which convened on November 12, 1982. Lisa Master reported that the conference aimed to create a CUNY-wide feminist [...]

Center for the Study of Women and Society Newsletter: Volume IV, No. 4

The Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) 1983 Newsletter opens with Renate Bridenthal's  Marxist-Feminist Approaches to Women's History . In this piece, Bridenthal explained how feminist Marxists used Marxist theory in their [...]

Center for the Study of Women and Society: Newsletter Volume IV, No. 1

The Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) 1982 Newsletter opens with Lisa Master's piece on the National Council for The Center for the Study of Women and Society's (CSWS) 1982 Newsletter opens with Lisa Master's article on the National [...]

Center for the Study of Women and Society: Newsletter Volume IV, No. 2

This 1982 newsletter from the Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) began with an article called "New York City Commission on the Status of Women," where editor described the commission's work as educational and political. The piece [...]

A Series of Correspondences between Zalk and Orozco

Through the Visiting Scholar program, The Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) supported international scholars impacting communities far beyond CUNY. This 1991-93 collection of primary materials showed the profound and lasting [...]

“Graduate Center Student Strike Update”: 16 Demands

On April 18th, a "Graduate Center Student Strike Update" document confirmed the students' 16 demands and announced that a negotiation process had begun with Graduate Center administrators. Some of the demands were tied directly to the building [...]

Advisory Board Meeting Agenda: Infusing Women of Color Material into CUNY Senior College Curriculum

Dated March 23 and April 6, 1990, this agenda for the Advisory Board meeting for the  Infusing Material on Women of Color into the Liberal Arts Curriculum  of the City University of New York (CUNY) Senior Colleges served as a formal [...]

LaGuardia Community College - An Assessment of the Needs of the Western Queens Community, 1980

LaGuardia Community College opened in 1971 but in order to expand outreach and continuing education with the communities it served, this needs assessment of various communities in western Queens was undertaken in 1980. This study was initiated by [...]

25 Years of Progress: Professional Staff Congress/CUNY

In celebration of their 25th anniversary, the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY (PSC) published this collection of articles written by Irwin Yellowitz, "professor emeritus of history at City College and a former PSC treasurer." The articles and [...]

"Post-Secondary Education and the Non-Traditional Deaf Student"

This is the text of a May 1988 presentation prepared by Desiree Duda, academic coordinator of Programs for Deaf Adults at LaGuardia Community College, for the Conference on Post Secondary Education for Hearing Impaired Students. The presentation [...]

Handbook for Teachers of Deaf/Hard-Of-Hearing Students

This is a handbook that was created for use by professors at LaGuardia Community College who had "a deaf or hard-of-hearing student in his/her class." The guidebook seeks to educate its readers on the realities of life with a hearing disability [...]

News from The College For Children, January 1986

This January 1986 newsletter from "The College for Children" at LaGuardia Community College provides a brief look into the college's unique program designed for the youth in western Queens. The newsletter includes mention of several course offerings [...]

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