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Volume IV, No.3 — Jan. - Feb. 1983

C.U.N.Y. FEMINIST NETWORK CONFERENCE

Over 150 feminist students and faculty from the various colleges in
the City University gathered at the Graduate Center on Friday, November 12,

‘to forge a City University of New York feminist organization. The conference,
sponsored jointly by the Graduate Center's Feminist Student Organization and
Center for the Study of Women and Society, explored some of the needs of feminist
researchers and scholars working throughout the C.U.N.Y. system and considered ©
a variety of ways to coordinate activities and programs in order to meet those
needs. The conference was dedicated to Joan Kelly, whose work, support, and :
inspiring example was central to the development of feminist scholarship and
organizing in the C.U.N.Y. system.

The opening session featured introductory remarks by Claire Riley, an
anthropology graduate ‘student and member of the Feminist Student Organization,
Mary Parlee, the Director of the Center for the Study of Women and Society, and
Lilia Melani, co-founder of the C.U.N.Y. Women's Coalition and Professor of
English at Brooklyn College. Each spoke of the need to organize in response to
economically troubled times which pose threats to the continued vitality and
growth of feminist scholarship. They stressed the need to centralize information
about feminist scholars within C.U.N.Y., to coordinate some research activities,
share resources, and to clarify the roles of institutional support centers or
systems while learning to draw upon them. Renate Bridenthal, Professor of History
at Brooklyn College, gave the key-note speech. Addressing the broader future of
feminist work, she argued that "the City University has a special mission...it.
is the responsibility here to make sure that young feminists in this city develop
the resources they need for the on-going struggle." .

During the morning session, in meetings by discipline, participants probed
problems and limitations specific to their disciplines and explored potential
solutions and networking strategies. Some groups identified ways of incorporating
feminist content into the mainstream curriculum; many discussed the way feminist
work can transform traditional modes of perception and interpretation by challenging
and'transcending disciplinary boundaries. Participants emphasized the need to over-
come theoretical and institutional obstacles which prevent collaboration across dis-
ciplines. They also discussed the need for greater flexibility within graduate
departments to enable students to work with appropriate faculty in all the C.U.N.Y.

colleges.
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Afternoon sessions were interdisciplinary and addressed a range of topics,
including: sexuality and reproduction; women in the labor Force; families and
mothering; women in psychotherapy; alternatives to academia; the search for identity
in women's literature; and women writers in Latin America. Faculty gave brief
presentations which were followed by discussion. Some of these gatherings also
addressed the challenge of integrating activism into academic work and the phenomenon
of doing work that stems from personal concerns and which has evolved from dialogues
begun by the women's movement.

At the closing plenary session, Nancy Naples, a sociology doctoral candidate

and conference organizer, presented a synthesis of the major points and recommendations
reached in the morning disciplinary sessions. Participants confirmed the need

for a C.U.N.Y.-wide student-faculty feminist organization, and discussed some

specific plans for working both independently and in collaboration with other groups
and organizations. One of the first projects will be to establish centralized

files which will include bibliographies, course descriptions, and syllabi, as well as

a compilation of feminists willing to discuss their work in classes and other forums.

Sydel Silverman, Acting Dean of Graduate Studies at the Graduate Center, gave
the closing address, saying that topics important to women, "those issues that were
seen as peripheral, now are central to theory within disciplines." She suggested
that feminist scholarship has transformed traditional ways of studying societies so
that researchers now investigate social systems from the perspective of those members
who are not dominant: non-literates; the poor, women, and racial minorities.
Silverman asserted that feminist scholars must make explicit connections between
their work and the major theoretical questions of their disciplines.

Terry Haywoode, a sociology doctoral student who moderated the closing session,
observed the absence of women of color at the conference. She urged that conference
participants “offically or unofficially, individually or collectively, take note of
that and add to our agenda working towards having a more inclusive group and
figuring out ways of structuring the important issues to include the issues of. those
women so that they also will feel a part of this." Haywoode also presided over the
passing of a resolution on child care. The resolution states: "The C.U.N.Y. Feminist
Network supports the existence (and Creation) of accessible child care at every
C.U.N.Y. facility. In addition, we assert the right of children to enter all C.U.N.Y.
facilities with C.U.N.Y. faculty, staff, or students."

Feminist faculty and students who attended the conference found the opportunity
to meet, talk, and share their experiences and ideas exhilarating. Most agreed that
the conference gave them a renewed sense of their collective spirit and energy as a
potentially strong force within the City University of New York.

Twenty feminist students and faculty gathered at the Graduate Center
on Thursday, December 10 to follow up on plans conceived at the C.U.N.Y. Feminist
Network conference. The group established five subcommittees to focus on issues
identified as important at the conference. One committee will discuss perceptions of
sexism in the curriculum as well as ideas for developing non-sexist curriculum
throughout the University. A planning committee will begin coordinating another
major event to explore issues of consciousness raising in the eighties, which is
scheduled tentatively for March. The child care committee will assess child care
needs and begin organizing to pressure the University to set up adequate facilities
at the colleges. Another committee will compile a Directory of faculty and interested


students in the City University who are carrying out feminist research. Finally,
an outreach committee will identify Faculty and graduate students on the college
campuses who can function as contact people for the network and who will share
information about network activities on their campuses, as well as keep the network
organization informed about relevant campus developments.

Another C.U.N.Y. Feminist Network general meeting will take place on Friday,
January 28, 4:00 - 6:00 in Room M10 at the Graduate Center. Committees will present
progress reports and participants will make further plans for the next major event
scheduled for March. All interested C.U.N.Y. affiliates are invited to attend.

Lisa Master

A meeting to organize a C.U.N.Y.-wide child care coalition will take place on
Thursday, January 6, 4:00 p.m. in Room M10 at the Graduate Center. The coalition
will need people to organize groups of faculty, staff, and students on each

campus to meet and discuss child care facilities and needs. A conference is being
planned for late February or early March. For further information, call Nancy
Romer at 212/780-5616 or 788-5717.

“Language, Liminality, and the Intersection of Public and Private Spheres in
Nineteenth-Century America" is the title of a talk to be given by Carroll Smith=
Rosenberg, Professor of History at University of Pennsylvania, to celebrate

Women's History Month. Sponsored by the Program on Sociology and Economics of

Women and Work of the Center for the Study of Women and Society, the seminar will
be held on Wednesday, March 2, 1983, 2:00 - 4:00, at the Graduate Center. Those
wishing to attend should read a paper by Smith-Rosenberg on reserve in the Graduate
Center library (filed under Sociology U

For further information and location, call 212/790-4301.

The C.U.N.Y. Women's Coalition Annual Spring Conference will explore the image of

women in film, covering such topics as the role of black women as presented in film;
enduring female stars; women in thrillers; and educational films that show the
socialization of women in society. The conference will take place on Saturday,

April 16, 1:83, 9:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Barnard College in Lehman Auditorium, 120th
Street at Broadway, New York City. Anyone interested in making a presentation or
getting further information, contact Carol Flomerfelt, Conference Coordinator, Health
and Physical Education, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard,
Brooklyn, New York 11235, 212/934-5696. .



Women’s Studies |

In the Spring of 1983, Women's Studies courses at the Graduate Center include:

CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST THOUGHT, Professor Barbara Katz-Rothman
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Interdisciplinary Studies/Liberal Studies

ISSUES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Professor Virginia Held
Thursdays, 11:45 - 1:45 p.m., Philosophy Department

WOMEN CROSS CULTURALLY, Professor Eleanor Leacock
Mondays, 4:15 - 6:15, Anthropology Department

PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN, Professor Florence Denmark
Tuesdays, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., Psychology Department

SEMINAR IN HOUSING, COMMUNITY AND WOMEN'S IDENTITY, Professor Susan Saegert

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Wednesdays, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., Psychology Department

WOMEN AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, Professor Judith Lorber
Wednesdays, 4:15 - 6:15 p.m., Sociology Department

COMPARATIVE FAMILY THROUGH HISTORY Professor Sidney Aronson
Wednesdays, 4:15 - 6:15 p.m., Sociology Department

For further information, please contact the departments directly or the Center
for the Study of Women & Society at the CUNY Graduate Center, 33 West 42nd St.,
New York, NY 10036.

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Professional Opportunities

The Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society at University of

Southern California invites applications for Full Professor and Program
Chair in one of four possible fields: Anthropology, Economics, History,

or Psychology. The SWMS Chair must be a recognized scholar with broad
interdisciplinary knowledge and an international reputation for research

in gender studies as well as in a traditional discipline. The SWMS also
invites application for a full-time tenure track appointment as Assistant
Professor in one of four possible fields: Classics, English, Philosophy,

or Religion. Applicants should demonstrate an interest in the study of
women and men in society by their publications and teaching activities;

the Ph.D. in one of the four fields listed is required. To apply for either
position, send letters of application with resumes to SWMS Personnel Commit-
tee, Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society, University of South-
ern California, THH 336, Los Angeles, California 90089-4352, no later than
January 15, 1983. For information, call 213/743-7722.

Congressional Fellowships on Women _and Public Policy are available to stu-
dents in graduate or pre-professional programs anywhere in the United States.
Offered under the auspieces of the Women's Studies Program of George Washing-
ton University and the Women's Research and Education Institute of the Con-
gressional Caucus for Women's Issues, the fellowships are designed to de-
velop specialists in policy issues affecting women. Fellows work for one
academic year for a Member or congressional committee staff on policy issues
affecting women and receive a tax-free stipend of $9,000 for the academic
year, from which they must pay tuition. Applications will be available by
February 4 and will be due, with supporting materials on March 11, 1983.

To get on the mailing list for applications or for further information,

write or call Dr. Phyllis M. Palmer, Congressional Fellowships on Women

and Public Policy, Women's Studies Program and Policy Center, The George
Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, 202/676-6942.

The Tulsa Center for the Study of Women's Literature invites applications
for its graduate programs, offered through the Graduate School of Modern

Letters: at the University of Tulsa. Applicants are accepted at the Masters
or Doctoral level and may compete for graduate assistantship which pay
$3,660 stipends for master's candidates and $4,900 for doctoral candidates.
The Tulsa Center also announces The Second Annual Ellen Moers Memorial
Fellowship, which provides facilities for residence in London from July 1
to December 31, 1983 and $1,000 toward travel expenses. Summer bursaries
which provide accomodation in Oxford for eight weeks from mid-June to mid-
August and $1,000 toward travel or other expenses, also are available.
Applications must be submitted by February 28, 1983. For qualification
and application requirements, write or call Germaine Greer, Director,

Tulsa Center for the Study of Women's Literature, The University of Tulsa,
600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104, 918/592-6000, ext. 503.

A Graduate Program in American Women's History (M.A. and Ph.D.) is being
offered for the first time by the Department of History at the University

of Wisconsin in Madison. Entering students must fulfill the requirements
for American History graduate study and may seek scholarship assistance.
The deadline for applicants:seeking scholarship is January 15. Address
inquiries to Joleen Jedicka, Room 3211, Humanities Building, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.


The Wellesley College Center for Research on Women invites applications for
its 1983-84 Faculty Development Program, which includes the National Consulting
Program (no application deadline) and the National Fellowship Program (appli-
cations due by January 15). The two different programs aim to produce theo-
retical work and discussion which will help college teachers to expand, revise
or transform their undergraduate courses in light of recent scholarship on
women. The 1983-84 fellowships and seminars will focus on the Social Sciences;
1984-85 will feature Science and Technology. Forinformation and application
forms, write or call Marguerite Rupp, Wellesley College Center for Research
on Women, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181, 617/431-1453.

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, invites applications for Assistant
Professor, tenure track, starting Fall 1983, in 20th Century U.S. history with
emphasis on social/economic history and strong secondary field in women's
Studies. Teaching expectations will include courses in 20th Century U.S. and
U.S. survey courses. Ph.D. required. Applications are due by March 1, 1983;
contact Dr. Norman J. Bender, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs,
P.O. Box 7150, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80933-7150.

Calls for...

The National Coalition Against Sexual Assault solicits networking articles
for the spring Newsletter. The deadline for receipt of materials is March 15,

1983. June 15, 1983 is the deadline for the summer issue which will focus on
children's support groups. Articles must include name, address, and phone
number and be submitted to Tyra Lindquist, Editor —- NCASA Newsletter, P.O.
Box 2461, Olympia, Washington 98507.

Committee for Abortion and Against Sterilization Abuse (CARASA) is estab-
lishing a speakers' bureau in response to requests for speakers about repro-~

ductive rights issues. Those interested in serving as CARASA speaker or
wishing to be trained to speak on topics of reproductive freedom should con-
tact CARASA, 17 Murray Street, New York, NY 10007, 212/964-1350.

The New York City Commission on the Status of Women suggests that organi-
zations plan programs around the theme "Write Women Back Into History" to
celebrate Women's History Month this March. It solicits details of scheduled
programs to include in the city-wide calendar it plans to issue. The formal
deadline for submissions has passed but anyone planning an event should call
Lisa Kassel, 566-3830, at the Commission immediately so that your program can
be listed in an addendum. To help organizations plan events, the Commission
will make available a special Women's History Month issue of Media Réview,
an on-going publication of Catalyst. To obtain this comprehensive listing
of films and videotapes relevant to women's history, call the Commission
office at 566-3830.


The Society for’ Menstrual Cycle Research and the University of California, —
San Francisco announce an interdisciplinary research conference entitled:
Sociocultural Perspectives on the Menstrual Cycle to be held May 20 - 21, 1983
at the UCSF School of Nursing. The conference will consider menstruation from
social, cultural, psychological, and biological perspectives. Summaries of
paper submissions must be received no later than February 15, 1983; copies of
accepted papers will be due by May 1, 1983. For submission requirements and
further information, contact Dr. Virginia Oleson, Univeristy of California,
San Francisco, School of Nursing, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences,
N631-Y, San Francisco, California 94143 or Dr. Nancy Woods, University of
Washington, School of Nursing, Department of Physiological Nursing SM 28,
Seattle, Washington, 98195.

"Reassessing Our Past: Women's History After Fifteen Years" is the theme
of the Sixth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women to be held at Smith
College, June 1 - 3, 1984. The Program Committee solicits proposals for
sessions which discuss current debates in women's history, synthesize the state
of knowledge, identify new research directions, or explore issues of methodo-
logy. The Committee encourages proposals for complete sessions involving no
more than two papers and two commentators. Proposals should include: paper
titles, names, addresses and brief vitae of participants, and.one-page abstracts
of the papaers. Send three copies of the proposals to Carol Groneman, History
Department, John Jay College, 445 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019 or
Mary Beth Norton, History Department, McGraw Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY 14853. Enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard. The deadline for sub-
mission is March 15, 1983.

Media Network and the Reproductive Rights National Network are compiling a
Guide to Media on Reproductive Rights for use in educational work and organizing
on issues including: abortion, sterilization, contraception, reproductive
hazards in the workplace, childcare, women's health care, teenage sexuality,
and violence against women. The Guide will contain evaluative descriptions
and tips for discussion drawn from the experiences of groups across the country.
In addition, it will list related resources, distributors, and low cost film
libraries. Send information on films, videotapes, and slideshows to Abagail
Norman or Aimee Frank at Media Network, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY
10011, or call 212/620-0878.

Dana Tueth Motley is researching feminist humor and solicits "favorite jokes,
cartoons, posters, poetry, etc. - anything that pokes fun, ranging from mild
to savage - at the patriarchy."" Include citation of sources and mail to:

Dana Tueth Motley, 1706 West Green Street, Champaigne, Illinois 61820.

FEMINIST ETHICS will be the theme of a special issue of Humanity & Society
to be published in July 1984. The Nebraska Sociological Feminist Collective
solicits papers and book reviews which contribute to developing a feminist
ethic in research and relating to the following topics: poor, elderly, mino-
rity, working class, and handicapped women, women's oppression/victimization,
the language of research, and the gatekeeping processes. Send submissions no
later than August 1, 1983 to Mary Jo Deegan, Helen A. Moore, Beth Hartung, or
Jane C. Ollenburger, c/o Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588.


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Book Keview
The Extramarttal Connection: Sew, Intimacy, and Identity, by Dr. Lynn Atwater, Ph.D.
(New York: Irvington Publishers, 1982) 263 pp., cloth, $15.95.

The Extramarital Connection by Dr.Lynn Atwater challenges traditional

that one out of two women under the age of 25 will have an extramarital re-
lationship in their lifetimes. Enlarging the focus of most previous studies,
Atwater analyzes extra-marital relations from the point of view of women, ex-
ploring the quality of their experiences, how these relationships affect

women's feelings about themselves and their behavior toward their husbands

and children, the heterogeneity of potential and actual partners, and the
meaning of these developments for the individuals and for the future of marriage
and the family.

The Extramarital Connection is an excellent and insightful work with care-
ful analysis of in-depth interviews. Atwater conducted extensive interviews
with 50 women who were "feminist-oriented", and who were selected from a lar-
ger sample of 300. Of the 50 women, 65% had intact marriages at the time of
the interview, while 35% has separated, divorced, or been widowed after their
first extramarital connection; 70% of the women had children; and occupation-
ally, one-third were homemakers, one-third held full-time clerical or secre-
tarial jobs, and one-third were in managerial-professional occupations. Their
ages ranged from 23 to 59 and their educational status ranged from high school
graduates to those holding graduate and professional degrees. Thirty-eight
percent of the women had one extramarital connection; 50% has experienced from
two to six.extramarital connections; and 12% had seven to thirty experiences.
(These figures represent increased participation by women in extramarital re-
lations: early studies indicated that one out of four women [Kinsey, 1953] and
four out of ten women [Levin & Levin, 1975] would have extramarital relations
at some point in their married lives).

In a chapter on "Getting Involved" Atwater identifies the fairly typical
patterns of women's first extramarital relationships. In about one-fourth of
the cases, women initiated the extramarital relationship and in about one-half
of the cases, they felt that it was mutually agreed upon. Reactions were
mostly positive--women reported having pleasurable experiences, learning about
themselves, and feeling satisfied with their sexuality. Few felt guilt and
few had dissatisfing experiences involving situational problems or the lack of
ease on the part of the male partner. Most women assumed responsibility for
their actions citing self-fulfillment as the major reason.

What is the meaning of extramarital intimacy for these women? Dr. Atwater's
analysis shatters a number of conventional and scholarly myths about women's
sexuality. Most of the women were seeking to expand their personal growth
while less than one-half of the women were responding - and only in part ~ to
unsatisfactory marriages. The traditional element of romance was a very minor
part of these relationships.with only four of the fifty women being "in love"
at the time of their first involvement. Some found it difficult to label
their emotions -- a language lag that also reflects the absence of a "non-
pejorative term to describe extramarital partners."' For the women interviewed,
the relationships were based on a combination of intellectual, social, emotional
and sexual factors -- they did not have a purely sexual meaning. The combined
pleasure of relating interpersonally to a greater variety of people and learning
about themselves through such relationships were the dominant meanings: of intimacy
for these women.


But if these women who have integrated social change in their own lives
place an overwhelming emphasis on expressive aspects, are they really tradi-
tionalists? A close examination of the data by Dr. Atwater reveals a new _
pattern -- these women emphasized the mutuality of the expressiveness and the
getting, instead of always giving of emotional support -- important changes
in women's roles. Atwater calls these women social innovators -- they reject
traditional female passivity and instead of waiting for things to happen, be-
come active, initiate, and take charge of their lives. They come from marri-
ages where communication is unsatisfactory with husbands who are too often
emotionally inexpressive. Most of the women interviewed found their ex-
pressive needs met in extramarital connections.

But who are the men who meet these women's needs? About one-third were
younger and single, in their twenties and early thirties, and less involved
in the traditional male role. Some of the other men, married and in their
forties and fifties, were more comfortable with expressiveness and more re-
vealing of their own emotions. But it is also possible, notes Atwater, that
some men who are inexpressive in their own marriages may be "situationally
expressive" and that some men may learn from their female partners how to be
more expressive in a relationship that is not as demanding as a marriage.

Having gathered rich and fascinating data, Atwater devotes one chapter
to the forty percent of the women in the sample who has tried to change their
covert extramarital connection into a "more flexible variation of traditionally

exclusive monogamy" -- namely open marriage. In another chapter, she examines
the experiences of nine women who had an extramarital connection with another
woman,

The Extramarital Connection is an excellent path breaking book. It is a
rich portrait of social innovators who are challenging and changing gender role
stereotypes. Lynn Atwater provides a splendid sociological and psychological
analysis, one which questions the stereotype of passive females whose sexuality
stems from emotions rather than desire, as well as challenging other assumptions
regarding women's and men's sexual activities and intimacy needs. Her research
clearly shows that most women want to implement egalitarian sexual scripts in
which women's and men's pleasures are equally important and where full expres-
siveness is nurtured and encouraged.

Peter Stein, Ph.D., Former CSWS Associate
Dept. of Soetology, William Patterson College

TO: ALL C.U.N.Y. SCHOLARS & OTHER NEWSLETTER READERS

RE: BOOK LISTINGS AND REVIEWS

We would like to expand our book review section and would be pleased to announce
and, when possible, to review your new and recent publications. We would appreci-
ate it if you would ask your publishers to send us a review copy of your books in
women's studies. Mail to: Center for the Study of Women and Society Newsletter,
C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center, 33 W. 42 St. N.Y., N.Y. 10036, Att: Lisa Master, Editor.



Announcements

The Nassau/Suffolk Coalition of Educators for Sex Equity, coordinated with
the Sex Degregation Assistance Center of Rutgers University, offers assistance
to school districts in developing effective programs to celebrate Women's
History Week. The Coalition also offers inservice workshops and announces
"Future Unlimited," a conference on high technology careers for males and
females, planned for May, 1983. For further information about the Coalition,
contact Doris Peppard, Nassau Technological Center, 234 Glen Cove Road, Carle
Place, New York 11514.

Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts center announces its spring self-defense course
offerings. The 7-week self-defense course meets on Saturdays, 1:30 - 4:00p.m.
beginning January 15 and costs $50.00 (some partial and full scholarships are
available). Intermediate refresher workshops are also offered for women with
previous training in self-defense or karate. Pre-registration is required.

The center is located at 421 Fifth Avenue (at 8th Street) in Brooklyn. For
further information, call 212/788-1775 or write to the center at Box 159,
Van Brunt Station, Brooklyn, New York 11215. The staff is also available to
teach intensive workshops at your school or workplace.

The National Council of Negro Women Women's Center for Education and Career
Advancement announces its spring course offerings. Career Building: An In-
tensive Course of Action meets Wednesdays, 5:45 - 7:45p.m. beginning January 5
and costs $40.00. What Every Woman Should Know About Computers meets Wednes-
days, 5:45 - 7:45p.m.. beginning February 2 and costs $40.00. A series of
Thursday evening panels are scheduled also. Financial Planning and Tax Know-
How: A Must for the Working Woman is the topic of January 20; What is Word-
Processing? will be discussed on February 3. Advance registration costs
$5.00, late registration at the door costs $7.00. For further information
about the Center's events and services, write or call the Women's Center at
Suite 201, 198 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, 212/964-8934.

The National Organization for Women-New York State is developing a new
law for New York State to prohibit sex discrimination in education Beatrice
Kachuck, Chair of NOW-NYS's Education Task Force and Co-Coordinator of the
Women's Studies Program at Brooklyn College, has written a bill draft and
submitted it for consideration to legislators and state agencies. A lead
sponsor has been identified; negotiations are in process for co-sponsors and
a final version of content.

The effort needs people who will lobby legislators in person, by mail,
and/or by phone; organizations that support enactment of such legislation;
and statements to support the need for such a law which cite evidence or
effects of sex discrimination at any educational level in any area, e.g. em-
ployment, admission to programs or institutions, financial support, required -
textbooks, counseling, sexual harassment, the need for training professional:
personnel for nonsexist practices. Statements must be 1 - 3 pages and clear
enough for legislators uninformed about the issues to understand. Send names
of person who will lobby and supportive organizations (with your name as re-
presentative or another contact person), and statements of testimony to:
Beatrice Kachuck, 160 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York 11201, 212/522-2515,



Concepts and Strategies, Women's Studies in Different Cultural Contexts was
held at the East-West Center on the Campus of the University of Hawaii on No-
vember 15 - 17, 1982. The conference convened Asian, the Pacific Islands,
Hawaiian, and U.S. mainland scholars to present research and theory regarding
women's roles, advancements, and experiences. For information about the con~
ference, contact Carol Odo, Conference Coordinator; 808/948-6066 or 948-7464.

National Men's Organization, the temporary name for a new organization whose
focus is on men's issues and providing a voice for anti-sexist men, invites
members--both men and women. The organization has scheduled a national con-.
ference in August 1983 and is forming National Task Groups concerning media
images of men; men's health issues; equal rights amendment; gay rights; the
military; fathering; domestic violence, and others. To join, send member-
ship dues ($25.00/regular membership; $100.00/founding membership; $10.00/
hardship dues) to: National Men's Organization, 5512 Bartlett STreet,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217.

Third World Women's Project sponsors dialogues with women whom it brings from
the United States from Latin America, Asia, and Africa, as well as offering
films, speakers, and slide shows. In February 1983, the project is bringing
to the U.S. Virginia Vargas, coordinator of a feminist center in Lima, Peru.
For further information about the project or to make a donation, write to:
Third World Women's Project, Institute for Policy Studies, 1901 Q Street, NW,
Washington, D.C. 20009. )

Metroplitan New York Area Chapter of the Coordinating Committee on Women in the

Historical Profession meets 5-7 times between September and June on matters of
interest to women historians and conducts informal discussion meetings. To join
or receive further information, contact co-chairs: Hilah Thomas, 80 LaSalle St.,
Apt. #18H, New York, N.Y. 10027, or Beatrice Gottlieb, 501 West 123 Street, New
York, N.Y. 10027.

Readers wishing to send ideas and announcements for future issues, or to
respond to items appearing in the Newsletter are encouraged to do so. Decisions
about publication will be made on the basis of space considerations.

Please submit all materials for the March~April issue no later than February 5th
and mail to: Center for the Study of Women and Society Newsletter, C.U.N.Y. Grad-
uate Center, 33 West 42 Street, New York, N.Y. 10036, Att: Lisa Master, Editor.



Conferences

The Association of Women in Psychology will hold its ninth national research
conference in Seattle, Washington, March 3 - 7, 1983 on FEMALE BONDING. Pre-
and post- conference workshops for Continuing Educational Credit (approved by
the American Psychological Association) will be offered, as well as presen=
tations in various formats and entertainment. For further information, con-
tact Dr. Laura Brown, Conference Coordinator, AWP National Conference/1983,
P.O.Box 31449, Seattle, Washington 98103. For informatiom on the activities
of the Metro/NY Chapter of the Association for Women in Psychology, contact
Doris Howard at 212/741-2297.

Oberlin College will host a national conference on COEDUCATION: PAST, PRESENT
AND FUTURE, on March 11 - 13, 1983. Funded by a private alumni gift and an
Education Award from Metropolitan Life Foundation, the conference will ad-
dress: “the function of coeducation in promoting educational equity; the
effects of coeducation on the personal development of students; Oberlin's

role as a model for the coeducational colleges that followed, the transition
from educating either men or women to coeducation; the design of curricula

for women or men; and the relationship of coeducation to the world that stu-
dents encounter after graduation." Alice Rossi will give the keynote address
on "Educating Men and Women Together." Other speakers include Catherine
Stimpson, Bernice Sandler, Elizabeth Minnich, and Margaret Wilkerson. For
conference and registration information, contact Mary Durling, Sesquicentennial
Office, Room 100, Cox Administration Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
44074.

WOMEN, FACISM, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN GERMANY, an international conference, will
take place on April 28 - 30, 1983 at the Fawcett Center of The Ohio State Uni-
versity. Sponsored by The Ohio State University Graduate School, College of
Humanities, Department of German, Center for Women's Studies, Division of Com-
parative Studies, and the Ohio Arts Council, the conference will address a
variety of subjects including: woman as national symbol; the public sphere of
women; anti-semitism and the holocaust; family, sexual reform, homosexuality;
melodrama and film; technology and eugenics; oral history: women's recollec-
tions of fascism; boundaries of war and post-war experience; peace initiatives,
past and present. Writers Christa Wolf and Ingeborg Drewitz will be among the
participants, For registration materials and further information, contact
Prof. Helen Fehervary, attn. Conference, Department of German, Dieter Cunz
Hall 314, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, 616/422-6985.

DRAMA, SEX, AND POLITICS is the topic of the Themes in North American Drama
Conference to take place at University of California, Riverside on February
19 - 21, 1983. For further information, write to Themes in Drama, Depart-
ment of English, University of California, Riverside, California 92521.

WOMEN'S EDUCATION: THE FUTURE, a symposium sponsored by Stephens College,
will take place on February 15 ~ 18, 1983. Celebrating 150 years dedicated

to educating women, the symposium will address the challenges facing women's
education today and in the future. Patricia Albjerg Graham, Dean of Harvard's
Graduate School of Education, will give the keynote address. Registration
costs $ 75.00 ($ 25.00/students) and includes materials, opening and closing
meals. For further information, contact: Symposium on Women's Education,

Box 2152, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri 65215, 314/442-2211.


Resources

The National Women's History Week (March 6 - 12, 1983) Resource Catalog is
available from the National Women's History Week Project. The catalog lists

curriculum guides, community organizing guides, commemorative posters, lesson
plan sets, books, records, and other products such as frisbies, pens and pen-:
cils, tee shirts, aprons, etc. For a copy of the catalog, and to find out
about their activities, contact National Women's History Week Project, a pro-
ject of the Women's Support Network, P.0O.Box 3716, Santa Rosa, California
95402., 707/526-5974. (The catalog is available for consultation in the CSWS
office, Room M03 at the Graduate Center.

The ACLU Speakers Manual on Abortion (169 pp.), by Jean Hardisty, director of
Midwest Research in Chicago and former professor of political science at North-

western University, is a text on the legal, social, medical, philosophical, and
political aspects of abortion. Published by the Reproductive Rights Project of
the Roger Baldwin Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. in
Illinois, the book is available for $4.25 (mailed within Illinois); $4.50
(mailed outside Illinois). Make checks payable to Roger Baldwin Foundation

of ACLU, Inc. and send to: Speakers Manual, RBF/ACLU, 5 S. Wabash, Chicago,
Illinois 60603. For information,call 312/558-1230.

TRIVIA, A Journal of Ideas, appeared for the first time in Fall of 1982. It
includes essays, reviews, and literary criticism. Forthcoming issues will in-
clude articles on feminist humor, storytelling, female friendship, the ecology
of feminism, and parthenogenesis. The first issue is available for $4.00;
yearly subscriptions (three issues) are $10.00 for individuals and $16.00 for
libraries and institutions. To order, write to TRIVIA, A Journal of Ideas,
P.0.Box 606, North Amherst, Massachusetts 01059.

Legal Issues of Female Inmates (250 pp.) summarizes the results of a one-year
exploratory study addressing the question of why women in prison are less li-
tigious than their male counterparts. To receive copies of the book abstract
free of charge or copies of the book ($6.00 per copy, including postage), make
checks payable to: Smith College School for Social Work and send orders to:
Women in Prison Legal Project, Smith College School for Social Work, Lilly Hall,
Northampton, Massachusetts 01063. Telephone: 413/584-2700, ext. 353.

Women and Poverty: A Research Summary (4 pp.) by Mary Rubin, is available from

the Business & Professional Women's Foundation. It explores the causes of women's
poverty, its magnitude, and policy implications, and includes a bibliography of
significant research studies on the issue and government statistical reports.

To order, send $1.00 per copy (include $.35 postage for fewe than five copies)
to BPW Supply Service, 11722 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Maryland. For infor-
mation, contact BPWF, 2012 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.,
202/293-1200.

Everywoman's Guide to Colleges and Universities profiles nearly 600 American

institutions of higher education--public and private, doctorate granting, four-
year and two-year--in state-by-state order. It rates the following institutional
features: Women in Leadership, students, faculty, and administrators; Women and
the Curriculum; and Women and Athletics. The Guide is available from The Femi-
nist Press for $12.95 (paperback) plus $1.50 postage/handling. Send checks to:
The Feminist Press, Box 334, Old Westbury, New York 11568, 516/997-7660.



The Project on the Status and Education of Women of the American Association
of American Colleges has recently issued Women Winners, a guide to postse-
condary institutions on how to ensure that women students, including older,
minority, and disabled women, receive fair treatment in the process of com-
peting for on-campus awards and prizes, and for prestigious sponsored fellow-
ships. The guide was developed under a grant from the Women's Educational
Equity Act Program and includes over 100 recommendations designed to help
institutions eliminate barriers for women. For information about obtaining
a copy of Women Winners, write or call the Project on the Status and Educa-
tion of Women, Association of American Colleges, 1818 R Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20009, 202/387-1300. (A copy is available for consultation
in the CSWS office, Room M03 at the Graduate Center).

The Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) announces the publi-
cation of its Directory of Faculty Research on Women and Sex Roles at the
University of Arizona from 1975 - mid-1982. To obtain a copy, write or call
SIROW, Women's Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721,
602/626-4477. (There is a copy of the Directory on file in the CSWS office,
Room M03 at the Graduate Center).

The Henry A. Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College, A Center for the
Study of Lives, announces the recent addition to its archives of the following

data sets: Relative Deprivation and Working Women, 1978-79 by Faye Crosby;
Maternal Influences Upon College Women's Attitudes Toward Women and Wark,

1968-69 by Grace Baruch; and Coping and Adaption in Older Black Women, 1980
by the Researchers at the Murray Center and Schlesinger Library. In addition

four new files of articles are available: Dean Foltz Collection, which fo-
cuses on childbearing and motherhood, with particular emphasis on the timing
of the first births; Older Black Women Collection: Eating Disorders Reprints;
and Women and Mathematics Reprints. For’an updated copy of the Guide to the
Data Resources of the Henry A. Murray Research Center, send your name, add-
ress, and check made payable to Radcliffe College for $5.00 ($1.00 for
additions/revisions only, for those who already have the Guide)to: Henry A.
Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College, A Center for the Study of Lives,
10 Garden SXreet, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

Women's International Network (WIN) NEWS is a world wide open communication
system by, for, and about women of all backgrounds, beliefs, nationalities,

and age groups. WIN NEWS’ Summer 1982 issue includes sections on women and
peace; women and media; as well as area reports from: Asia and Pacific; Europe;
Middle East and Africa; and Americas. To subscribe for one year (four issues),
send tax deductible check for $20.00/individuals ($25.00/institutions) to:

WIN NEWS, Fran P. Hosken, 187 Grant Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173.

Women Against Pornography announces the availability of a slide show for teen-
agers and young adults which explore sexual stereotypes in mainstream media.
The show includes 37 slides, a cover letter to educators, lesson plan, biblio-
graphy, and cassette tape and costs $ 125.00/$ 90.00/rental. W.A.P. also
offers a slide show for adults which explores meaning and consequences of
pornography and the media's sexually objectifying and violent images. The
50-slide show costs $100.00; $50.00/rental. A bibliography is available for
$1.00. To order, contact W.A.P., 358 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036,
212/307-5055.