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Volume IV, No. 2 Nov. - Dec. 1982
NEW YORK CITY COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

The Commission on the Status of Women was established in 1975 by Mayor
Abraham Beame to study and provide data on discrimination against women and to
make recommendations to the Mayor for legislative and executive action to ensure
equal opportunity. The Commission has expanded under Mayor Koch, who appointed as
Chair in 1978 Dr. Marcella Maxwell, Dean of Development and Continuing Education at
Medgar Evers College, C.U.N.Y. Most of the Commission's work is clearly informed by
their mandate to assess and improve the status of women in New York City. The
Commission on the Status of Women Fund, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation funds
the Commission's research and educational programs. The paid staff of six people
devotes some time to political advocacy work not funded by the corporation. Though
the distinctions blur on close analysis, the Commission's work does fall roughly
into these separate categories: educational and political.

Two years ago, the Commission persuaded the Chancellors of the Board of Educa-
tion and the Board of Higher Education to declare March Women's History Month in
New York City schools and to encourage colleges to celebrate with appropriate
activities. The Commission acts as co-sponsor of some events, including one spon-
sored last year with the Center for the Study of Women and Society, which featured
an address by Gerda Lerner, noted women's historian. The Commission aids a variety
of organizations in mounting special programs by providing space or furnishing
connections with other organizations who may be helpful. The Commission publishes
a 30-page caldendar of events scheduled during Women's History Month, which includes
programs sponsored by colleges, unions, and women's advocacy and community groups;
it lists courses, lectures, workshops, exhibitions, films, and other cultural events.
In addition, the Commission conceived a contest held in public schools for which
students submit posters, essays, family histories, and other works relevant to women's
history. Last year, winners were honored by ceremonies in borough president's
offices and ultimately at City Hall in a ceremony attended by the Mayor. The Commis-
sion also runs a workshop for teachers and curriculum coordinators to suggest strat-
egies for incorporating women's history materials into the mainstream curriculun.
It also co-sponsors with universities lectures and a series called "Dinner Dialogues
with Authors: Public Lives/Private Lives." (Watch for announcement in January
Newsletter.) The Commission also issues a bi-annual guide listing Women's Studies
course offerings throughout the city.

A central goal of the Commission is to expand their legislative activity in the
future. Presently, an advisory body of the Commission considers legislation and
makes recommendations to the mayor's legislative offices; last year, it made
recommendations concerning 38 bills. The Commission lobbies over the phone and
issues legislative memoranda to congresspeople whose support it seeks. The Commission
also recently joined a coalition with the Center for Policy Research to explore
state legislative proposals to ensure sex equity in education. The Women's Advisors,


a group established by an Executive Memorandum by Mayor Beame in 1975 to address

the special needs of women who work for the city, is composed of city employees

who volunteer their time and meet monthly under the auspices of the Commission to
plan their activities. This year, they will stage the Second Annual Award Program
and a Career Day for women in city government. The Advisors also are encouraging
Personnel to re-classify for Equal Employment Opportunity purposes an erroneous

job title which led an E.E.0. Report for New York City to imply wrongly that

large numbers of women occupy managerial positions. The Advisors also are seeking
to change City pension policy to allow part-time workers to be members of the
pension system, The Commission currently is working to establish a Women's Legisla-
tive Network which will provide information on state legislative proposals affecting
women through a quarterly newsletter, and which also will discuss the decision-making
process with regard to distribution of federal block grant money for social services.

The Commission consists of 42 Members, appointed by the Mayor, who serve
staggered three-year terms. These members represent a variety of fields and interests
including public, business, and nonprofit organizations. The Commission also has
about 200 Friends, invited by Maxwell, many of whom come from corporate or pro-
fessional backgrounds and who are in a position to help the Commission educate and
inform the public. The Executive Committee, made up of a group of Members appointed
by Maxwell, meets monthly to determine policy and programs.

In addition to the publications described above, the Commission issues a bi-~-

monthly Status Report. It also recently published Women's Organizations: New York
City Directory (144 pp; $5.95), and The Commission's Annual Report. For further
information about the Commission, write or call: New York City Commission on the
Status of Women, 250 Broadway, Suite 1412, New York, N.Y. 10007, 212/566-3830.

Awards

Women Educators announces its sixth annual Research on Women in Education
Award for a published or unpublished research report in journal format on
any aspect of women in education that was conducted or written during 1981-82.
Entry must be postmarked by December 1, 1982 and should include five copies
of the entry (on four of which author is not identified) and five copies of
a 200-250 word abstract, and should be sent to Kathryn Scott, Research Award
Chair, 115 Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306. A
cash award and certificate will be presented to the winner or winners at the
American Educational Research Association's annual meeting in Montreal during
April, 1983. The winner(s) will be invited to present a report of the research
at the meeting.

Women Educators also announces the Fourth Annual Curriculum Materials
Award to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association in Montreal, April, 1983. Send two copies of materials relating
to women that have been developed since 1976to: Mary Harris & Nancy Smith.
Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
Kansas 66506. Include a one-page description of how the materials relate to
sexism, sex-role stereotyping, and the image of women and girls, and the
rationale or theoretical/empirical foundation for the material, Entries must
be postmarked by December 1, 1982,

The New School for Social Research Human Relations Center announces its
1982-83 Martha Bruner Scholarship Program. Scholarship assistance, averaging
$500 for the academic year, is intended for women, 30 years old or more, who
may be out of the work force, be first time entrants or currently be in
restrictive circumstances. Students are expected to take one of the special
training courses offered by the Human Relations Center; applicants may receive
educational and vocational counselling upon request. Information and applications



may be obtained by writing or calling the Human Relations Center, New School for
Social Research, 66 West 12th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011, 212/741-5684.

Wellesley College offers FELLOWSHIPS FOR GRADUATE STUDY in 1983/84 to
graduating seniors and graduates of Wellesley College as well as women
graduates of any American institution. Some awards are intended for students
in a particular discipline while others are less restricted. Information and
applications may be obtained from the Secretary to the Committee on Graduate
Fellowships, Office of Financial Aid, Box GR, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MASS
02181. Applications and supporting materials must be postmarked no later than
December 1, 1982. Applications for the Peggy Howard Fellowship for graduate
study in economics must be obtained from and submitted to the Wellesley Economics
Department at the above address by April 1, 1983.

The Association for Women in Psychology announces its Annual Prize for
Outstanding Psychological Research on Women by graduate or undergraduate
students. Papers should be written in A.P.A. style and be journal length and
should address topics in social development, personality, clinical, experimental,
or any other area of psychology and should be relevant in some way to women's
lives or to sex role influences on human behavior. To compete, send four
copies of the paper and two self-addressed postcards by December 3, 1982 to:
Dr. Irene Hanson Frieze, Women's Studies Program, 2632 Cathedral of Learning,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Cover sheet with author's name
and address should accompany the paper; author's name should not appear on the
paper itself. A prize of $50.00 will be awarded to the winner.

The Business and Professional Women's Foundation announces its Lena Lake
Forrest Fellowship/BPW Research Grants and its Sally Butler Memorial Fund for
Latina Research. The programs support contemporary and historical research
on economic issues of importance to today's working women. Applicants for the
Lena Lake Forrest Fellowships must be doctoral candidates who are U.S. citizens
and have completed all coursework. Applicants for the Sally Butler Memorial
award must be Latin American women of descent or citizenship who are engaged in
pre-doctoral or advanced research on issues of importance to women. Awards
range from two to five each year per program in amounts from $500 to $3,000.
Applications and supporting materials must be postmarked no later than January
1, 1983. To learn about eligibility requirements and application procedures,
contact before December 15, Business and Professional Women's Foundation, 2012
Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

The National Association for Women Deans, Administrators and Counselors
announces its annual Ruth Strang Research Award for original, previously
un-published manuscripts of professional importance to the members of NAWDAC,
which includes women who hold positions as administrators, faculty members, and
counselors at every level of education. Manuscripts (3 copies) should not ex-
ceed fifty pages, should be typed, double-spaced, including bibliography,
appendices, and other materials, and should reach the committee on or before
January 1 accompanied by the author's resume, NAWDAC will have first claim to
publication rights of the manuscripts submitted; and if the winning manuscript
is published, NAWDAC will own it. The winner will receive $500 and the possibility
of manuscript publication. Send manuscripts to: Dr. Carolyn Wood, Chair, Ruth
Strang Research Award Committee, Dept. of Educational Administration, College of
Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131.


CUNY News

On Wednesday, October 13, Eva Kolstad, Equal Status Commissioner
(ombud) of Norway, the first Equal Status Commissioner in the world,
delivered a talk at the Graduate Center entitled "Women and Equal Rights
in Scandinavia Today." The program was co-sponsored by the Graduate Center's
Center for European Studies and the Center for the Study of Women and Society,
and was part of "Scandinavia Today: an American celebration of contemporary
Scandinavian culture, sponsored and administered by The American-Scandinavian
Foundation." Copies of Eva Kolstad's address will be made available by the
Center for the Study of Women and Society. To obtain a copy, call the Center
office at 212/790-4435.

C.U.N.Y. FEMINIST NETWORK CONFERENCE

The C.U.N.Y. Feminist Network Conference, co-sponsored by
the Feminist Students Organization and the Center for the Study of
Women and Society, will take place on Friday, November 12, 9:00 -
6:30 p.m. at the C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center. The conference aims to
create a feminist network to facilitate information exchange and
support among students and faculty from the Graduate Center and the
branch colleges who are engaged in feminist research and political
organizing. To that end, the organizers hope the conference will lead
to the development of a directory of these individuals. Ultimately,
the organizers hope to extend the scope of the sponsoring organiza-
tions from the Graduate Center community to the entire C.U.N.Y. sys-
tem, to provide intellectual, political, and emotional support to
all faculty and students.

The conference will begin with a keynote address by Renate
Bridenthal of Brooklyn College. The morning session will group par-
ticipants by discipline to address two major issues: how feminism
relates to each field in general; and conceptions of the role of
feminism in the C.U.N.Y. system. The afternoon workshops will treat
topics which cut across disciplinary boundaries. These workshops
are entitled: '"Reconceptualizing Families and Mothering;" "Women
in the Labor Force;" Sexuality and Reproduction;" "Women in Psycho-
therapy: Practice and Theory;" "Alternatives to Academia;" "Find-
ing a Voice: The Search for Identity in Women's Literature;" and
"Women Writers in Latin America: Political and Social Concerns Re-
flected in Their Art." A follow-up session will serve to summarize
morning sessions and make recommendations for networking. Sydel
Silverman, Acting Dean of Graduate Studies, will make the closing
keynote speech. The conference is dedicated to Joan Kelly.

The conference is free. Register in the Center office, on
the Basement Mezzanine, Room 03, Mondays through Fridays, 11:00 a.m.
- 2:00 p.m. For further information about the conference, or about
the activities of the Feminist Student Organization, call Nancy
Naples at 212/790-4301.



Joan Kelly Education Fund

The Joan Kelly Education Fund has been established to support
scholarly, educational, and political projects in the areas identified
with Joan's life work. Contributions are tax deductible; checks should
be made out to The Funding Exchange and sent to The Joan Kelly Education
Fund, care of Ruth S. Meyers, 27 Charlton Street, New York, N.Y. 10014.

The Joan Kelly Education Fund Committee: Eve Fleisher, Martin
Fleisher, Jane Gould, Christina Greene, Ruth S. Meyers, Rosalind
Petchesky, and Amy Swerdlow.

COLONIAL WOMEN AND THE CONTROL OF WEALTH, a talk by Professor Carol
Berkin of Baruch College, C.U.N.Y., co-sponsored by the Center for the
Study of Women and Society and the Program on Sociology and Economics of
Women and Work, will take place on Thursday, December 2, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
in Room 901 at the Graduate Center. For information, call 212/790-4301.

WOMEN IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

Hunter College of The City University of New York's Department of
Classical and Oriental Studies announces its summer institute on Women
in Classical Antiquity. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,
the institute is designed to develop curriculum materails to integrate the
study of women in classical antiquity into college courses in the fields of
classics, humanities, ancient history, art history, and women's studies.
The institute will be held for six weeks in June and July, 1983. For
further information, write or call Professor Sarah B. Pomeroy, Department
of Classical and Oriental Languages, Box 1264, Hunter College, 695 Park
Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021, 212/570-5716.

WOMEN AND PUBLIC POLICIES, co-authored by Professor Joyce Gelb of the
Department of Political Science of the City College and the Graduate
Center, C.U.N.Y., and Professor Marian Leif Palley of the Department of
Political Science of University of Delaware, is available from Princeton
University Press. ($18.50/cloth, $6.95/paper; August, 1982)

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 January-February issue no later than
December 5th and mail to: Center for the Study of Women and Society Newsletter,
C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center, 33 West 42 Street, New York, N.Y. 10036, Att: Lisa Master.



Calls for....

Women in the Arts, sponsored by The University of Michigan School of Music
announces Op. 2, A Conference on Women in Music to be held in Ann Arbor,
Michigan on May 5 - 8, 1983. The organizers solicit program proposals for
papers, lecture-recitals, panel discussions, and workshops on all women-
related musical topics. Op. 2 encourages submissions in areas such as Ethno-
musicology and Anthropology; Sociology; American, Black and Women's Studies;
and Popular Culture. For details, or to submit proposals, write to Lynne
Bartholomew, Conference on Women in Music, The University of Michigan School
of Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109.

“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 know-
ledge, identify new research directions, or explore issues of methodology. 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 papers.
Send three copies of the proposal to Carol Groneman, History Department, John
Jay College, 445 West 59th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 or Mary Beth Norton,
History Department, McGraw Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.
Enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard. The first deadline for submission
is December 1, 1982 and the final deadline is March 15, 1983.

New York Women's Studies Association Newspaper solicits news for its
newsletter to be issued before the NYWSA Conference in Albany, April 15. The

deadline is March 1, 1983 to send Women's Studies news, both academic, community,
and Pre-K-12 related, as well as feminist writing, news of research projects in
process, legislative information, and book reviews. Send information to:

Nancy Osborne, Penfield Library, State University College, Oswego, New York 13126
or to Susan Laird, Lansing Apt., #23-3F, Ithaca, New York 14850.

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Soceity solicits manuscripts for a
LESBIAN ISSUE to be published in Spring, 1984. The Lesbian Issue planning
committee will consider unpublished scholarship on all aspects of lesbian experi-
ence, as well as new English translations of materials published in other languages.
Submissions may include article-length manuscripts (35-page maximum) in academic
format, as well as material appropriate for inclusion in the "Revisions/Reports"
and "Viewpoint" sections of the journal, and documents that could appear as
"Archives." Address inquiries to the Lesbian Issue planning committee and send
manuscripts, with two copies and an abstract of no more than 150 words to:

Signs, Center for Research on Women, Serra House, Serra Street, Stanford University,
Stanford, California 94305. Deadline for submissions is February 1, 1983.

Signs also seeks materials for an issue on WOMEN'S POVERTY. Follow guidelines
described above and send submissions by March 1, 1983.

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Urban
Education seeks materials about women's issues, particularly previously unpub-
lished documents, such as speeches, bibliographies, position papers, research
materials, training manuals, conference papers, curriculum guides, etc. The ERIC
system, a federally funded information storage and retrieval network, is designed
for the use of professional educators and lay people interested in education. The
Clearinghouse on Urban Education gathers materials concerning the experiences of
urban and minority children, and equity issues as they concern women. Send an


original or clear xerox copy of entries, which should be more than five
typewritten or printed pages, to Michael Webb, Assistant Director, ERIC
Clearinghouse on Urban Education, Box 40, Teachers College, Columbia
University, New York, N.Y. 10027.

Announcements

RECONCILIATION, a play by Sophie Freud Lowenstein and Marianne Kruell
about mothers, daughters, friendship, confrontation, and resolution, will
take place Friday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored as part of a lecture
series offered by The Women's Therapy Centre Institute, the program will be
presented at the New York Academy of Sciences, 2 East 63rd Street, New York,
N.Y. 10021. On Friday, December 17, Luise Eichenbaum and Susie Orbach will
talk on THE FEAR OF INTIMACY. Pre-registration is required and cost $10.00
($8.00/student) per lecture. For further information on the series, write
to The Women's Therapy Centre Institute, 80 East llth Street, New York, N.Y.
10003, or call 212/420-1974, Tuesdays between 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. The Institute
also offers two courses on women's eating problems for practitioners working
with, or wishing to work with, women who have eating problems. Susie Orbach
will lead the course on ANOREXIA which will meet Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
beginning November 5, Carol Bloom will treat the subjects of COMPULSIVE
EATING and BULIMIA on Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. beginning January 7. Each
course costs $96.00. To register, write or call the Institute at the address
listed above.

MAINSTREAMING THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM: MALE AND FEMALE STEREOTYPING
IN BEGINNING-LEVEL TEACHING MATERIALS, a workshop sponsored by the American
Association of Teachers of German, Coalition of Women in German, and the American
Association of Teachers of French, will take place on Wednesday, November 24,
9:00 a.m. ~- 9:00 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. The workshop is
intended for teachers of French, German, Russian, Italian, and Spanish at both
the high school and college level, as well as for textbook authors, editors,
publishers, and producers of standardized tests, filmstrips, and other teaching
materials. To register, contact Robert Govier, AATG Executive Director, 523
Building, Suite 201, Route 38, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034.

The Crystal Quilt, a consulting service for women, offers a variety of
workshops and special events addressing a range of topics including the develop-
ment of writing as a craft, strategies for resisting anti-semitism, and ways of
coping with lives that are empty and dissatisfying or lives that are too busy and
frustrating. Claudette Charbonneau and Brooklyn College Professor Patricia S.
Lander will lead GOING THROUGH CHANGES: BECOMING A LESBIAN IN MID-LIFE, to be
held Sunday, November 21 at 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. at 98 Riverside Drive (82nd Street),
Apt. 14A, New York N.Y. Former Center for the Study of Women and Society Associate
Paula Webster will co-present THE DANGERS OF FEMININITY with Lucy Gilbert, co-author
of their new book, Bound by Love: The Sweet Trap of Daughterhood (Harper & Row,
$13.95), at 110 Bleecker Street, Apt. #20D, New York City. For further information,
write or call Linda Marks at The Crystal Quilt, 27 Montgomery Place (Park Slope),
Brooklyn, New York 11215, 212/622-7545.


FAMILY AND ILLNESS: A MUTUAL INTERACTION is the title of the 8th Annual
Weiss-English Psychosomatic Symposium to be held on Saturday, November 6 from
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 South
22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA. The conference, sponsored by Temple University
School of Medicine, is directed at physicians, psychologists and social workers
and will address the relationship betwen family strengths and disruptions, such
as divorce, alcohol and drug abuse, death and dying, and illness. Registration
costs $55.00 (physicians and psychologists) and $35.00 (social workers). Make
checks payable to Temple Postgraduate and send to: Albert J. Finestone, M.D.
Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education, Temple University School of Medicine,
3400 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, 215/221-4787.

ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS PROGRAM FOR WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION, a five—weekend
seminar series sponsored by Higher Education Resource Services (Project HERS-
New England) is designed to provide women administrators and faculty in
institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations with skills for
career advancement. The first seminar will take place November 5 - 7. For further
information, contact immediately: Dr. Bette Woody, Director, Administrative
Skills Program, Wellesley Research Center, Wellesley, College, Wellesley, MA
02181, 617/235-9598,

WOMEN AND THE FOODSERVICE INDUSTRY: STARTING OR IMPROVING YOUR OWN BUSINESS,
the second annual Workshop for Women and the Foodservice Industry, co-sponsored
by New York University's Center for the Study of Foodservice Management and the
U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Women Business Enterprise, will
take place Thursday, November 11, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at N.Y.U.'s Loeb Student
Center. For further information, contact Ms. Dianne Davis, Special Project
Coordinator, 212/598-2369 or 688-8078.

The National Council of Negro Women Women's Center for Education and Career
Advancement offers a series of courses, workshops, and panel discussions,
LEARNING TO BE AN ADMINISTRATOR, a course offered for four consecutive Tuesdays,
beginning November 2, costs $40.00 and will be taught by Delores Gullard,
Associate Professor at Bronx Community College. COMPUTER-RELATED JOBS: WHERE TO
LOOK, HOW TO PREPARE YOURSELF, a panel discussion, will take Thursday, November
4, 5:45 - 7:45 p.m.; JOBS FOR WOMEN IN BROKERAGE AND INVESTMENT will be offered
Thursday, November 18 at the same hour. For further information, write or call
Women's Center, Suite 201, 198 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10038, 212/964-8934.

TWENTIETH CENTURY WOMEN WRITERS’ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, sponsored by Hofstra
University's University Center for Cultural and Intercultural Studies, will take
place Thursday, November 4 - 7, with pre-conference events occurring Wednesday
evening, November 3. Some panels will focus on women writers from particular
nations, while others will address themes, such as revolutionary writers and
writers in protest. Issues of criticism, genre, and publishing also will be treated.
Registraiton at the door costs $35.00 (mail registration deadline has passed). For
further information, call 516/560-5669, 5670, 5454, 5604.

TOWARDS EQUITABLE EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AND MEN: MODELS FROM THE PAST DECADE is
the theme of a conference being planned by Skidmore College Women's Studies
Committee to take place March 11 - 12, 1983. To join the mailing list to receive
information about the conference, to share ideas, or to find out requirements for
paper submissions, contact Frances L. Hoffman, Dean of Student Affairs, Skidmore
College, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866, 518/584-5000.


Publications

Center for Women's Identity Studies, Chicago State University, announces
the availability of pre-publication manuscripts for the cost of xeroxing
and postage. Case Studies of Critical Events (75pp; $5.75) depicts turning
points in the lives of ten contemporary white and minority women and includes
guidelines for use in academic programs in the helping professions, staff
development, and courses on sex role socialization. Critical Events Shaping
the Hispanic Woman's Identity (75pp; $5.75) reports on an interview study
of perceived critical events in the lives of urban, middle class Mexican-
American and Puerto Rican women and compares findings with similar data
from white women. Also available: Critical Events Interview Manual

(92pp; $6.60); Black Women's Identity in Action, A Facilitator's Workshop
Manual (200pp; $12.00); and Experiencing Your Identity: Developmental
Materials for Academic and Community Settings (1llpp; $7.50). To order,

write to: Dr. Donna M. Avery, Director, Center for Women's Identity Studies,
1654 Evergreen Road, Homewood, Illinois 60430.

Blacks in the History of Fashion, written by Lois K. Alexander and
published by the Harlem Institute of Fashion, is the story of the Black

Fashion Museum and is Volume I of Contributions of Blacks to Fashion in
America. To order, send check or money order for $14.95/hardcover;
$10.95/softcover payable to Harlem Institute of Fashion, 157 West 126th
Street, New York, N.Y. 10027.

The Criminal Justice System _and Women: An Anthology on Women Offenders,

Victims, and Workers (500pp; $20.00) edited by Barbara Faffel Price and
Natalie J. Sokoloff, is now available in paperback. The collection of 26
readings on women throughout the criminal justice system is available from
Clark Boardman Co., Ltd., 435 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10014,

"Nineteenth-Century Women on the Frontier," the Summer 1982 issue of
MONTANA, the Magazine of Western History, is now available for use in
Women's Studies, History of the American West, and Urban History classes.
To order, send $2.40 per copy for orders of 5 or more, or $4.00 per copy,
to: Jane Smilie, Circulation Manager, Montana Historical Society, 225
North Roberts Street, Helena, Montana 59620.

The Turning Point, a program guide for directors of women's re-entry
programs and displaced homemaker programs, is available from the Adult
Life Resource Center at the University of Kansas. For ordering information,
write to Sandra Smith Moore, Director, Adult Life Resource Center, Division
of Continuing Education, Continuing Education Building, The University of
Kansas 66045, 913/864-4794.

Women's International Resource Exchange (WIRE) has recently published a
catalogue of materials about Third World women in struggles on every continent.
Prices for publications range from $ .50 - $ 2.50 and include such titles as:
Latin American Women: One Myth - Many Realities, a special issue of NACLA:
Report on the Americas; Roles and Contradictions of Chilean Women in the
Resistance and in Exile by Gladys Diaz; Women in Peru by Blanca Figueroa and
Jeanine Anderson; Egypts' Working Women: Textile Workers of Chubra el-Kheima
by Mona Hammam; Women and Politics in Lebanon by Yolla Polity Sharara, etc.

To order the catalogue, write to: Women's International Resource Exchange
Service, Inc. 2700 Broadway, Room 7, New York, N.Y. 10025.



Drama/ Film

The Margaret Fuller Foundation announces the availability of STILL
BEAT NOBLE HEARTS, a drama about Margaret Fuller, the nineteenth-century
feminist writer and transcendentalist, performed by Laurie James. The play,
developed with funds from the State Council for the Humanities, as well as
other grants, is based on letters, diaries, articles, and books of Margaret
Fuller, and has been edited and adapted by Laurie James. Ms. James also is
available to perform THE YELLOW WALLPAPER by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY READING EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY. For further infor-
mation, contact Lynn Gross, General Manager, The Margaret Fuller Foundation,
care of 95 Buttonwood Drive, Dix Hills, New York 11746, 516/499-1637.

Women Office Workers Research and Education Project, Inc. announces its
RAISES AND ROSES OFFICE WORKER HISTORY THEATER WORKSHOPS. With a grant from
The New York Council For The Humanities, W.O.W. is interviewing older and
retired office workers and will use their oral histories in a series of
theater workshops intended to produce a play about office workers. If you are,
or know of, an older or retired office worker who would like to tell her story,
contact Women Office Workers Research and Education Project, Inc., 680
Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, 212/688-4160. If you would like to
participate in the workshops or the final theatrical production, contact
W.O.W. at the address listed above.

WOMEN ‘MAKE MOVIES, INC. invites participation from those with a commitment
to feminist media in its efforts to facilitate women working in media. W.M.M.
has created membership committees to coordinate: the production of a newsletter;
activities; distribution of women's films; and fundraising. On Friday, November
12, W.M.M. will host a screening of un-edited tapes of the June 9th Disarmament
Media Event; on Friday, December 3, members will discuss their experiences as
teachers of high school and elementary school children. W.M.M. also plans to
develop a skills file to make referrals. Membership costs $25.00; subscription
to the quarterly newsletter, $8.00. For further information, call Lori Bowen
Ayre, Membership Coordinator, at the W.M.M. office, 100 Fifth Avenue, Room 1208,
New York, N.Y. 10011, Wednesdays, at 212/929-6477, or at all other times, leave
messages at 212/685-3120.

The Women's Center Reid Lectureship at Barnard College will feature
TONI CADE BAMBARA, teacher, writer, dancer, and artist, editor of
The Black Woman (1970) and author of Gorilla, My Love (1972), The Sea
Birds Are Still Alive (1977) and The Salt Eaters (1980). Ms. Bambara's
visit will begin Monday, November 15 at 4:15 with a public lecture entitled
"A Difference Voice: Black Women Writers within the Afro-American Prose
Tradition." The lecture will take place in Lehman Auditorium, Altschul Hall,
Broadway and 119th Street, and a reception will follow. Tuesday, November
16, 12 noon - 2:00 p.m., Ms. Bambara will present "Perceptions of a Black
Woman Writer" during the Women's Issue Luncheon in The James Room, Barnard
Hall. On Tuesday, from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m., Ms. Bambara will make a guest
appearance in dramatic characterizations performed by members of the
Barnard Organization of Black Women, who are co-sponsoring the event which
is entitled "Gorilla My Love, Continued." The presentation will take place
in The Sulzberger Parlor in Barnard Hall and will be followed by a reception.
For further information, call the Barnard Women's Center at 212/280-2067.