Letter to Protest 'Meeting of the Whole'
Item
Women's Studio Dest
The undersigned strongly protest the February 10, 1975 "Meeting of
the Whole” as a meeting which serves day students and working-at-ehome women
and automatically excludes those women who basically hold several jobs -- out-
of-home-work, housework, mothers, and students.
We are disappointed at the insensitivity of our sisters in holding this
meeting during the day.
This is a continuation of the Administrative policies which have always
systematically excluded SGS students from any significant input into the develop-
ment of programs at Brooklyn College. This also further limits the benefits SGS
students can receive from the institution of their education.
Women's Studies lot Sc, SES
=e bana
al tape
Wille
ae
ceupre-
Det, W
fit aie
ree ene
Lome toh
The undersigned strongly protest the February 10, 1975 "Meeting of
the Whole” as a meeting which serves day students and working-at-ehome women
and automatically excludes those women who basically hold several jobs -- out-
of-home-work, housework, mothers, and students.
We are disappointed at the insensitivity of our sisters in holding this
meeting during the day.
This is a continuation of the Administrative policies which have always
systematically excluded SGS students from any significant input into the develop-
ment of programs at Brooklyn College. This also further limits the benefits SGS
students can receive from the institution of their education.
Women's Studies lot Sc, SES
=e bana
al tape
Wille
ae
ceupre-
Det, W
fit aie
ree ene
Lome toh
Title
Letter to Protest 'Meeting of the Whole'
Description
Central to the founders of the Women's Studies Program and Women's Center at Brooklyn College were issues of access, collaborative input, and community inclusion in decision making. The frameworks they shaped were informed by a feminist analysis of the ways that gender, race, and class either privilege or exclude subjects from positions of power and decision-making. In this letter, twenty faculty and staff members of the Women's Studies Program and Women's Center grappled internally with issues of access, and signed on in protest of a meeting of the program during regular work hours. Signatories cited that the proposed time for the meeting excluded participation and input from critical stakeholders and community members such as working women, mothers, and students.
Creator
Women's Studies Program faculty and staff
Date
February 10, 1975
Language
English
Rights
Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Source
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Original Format
Pamphlet / Petition
Women’s Studies Program faculty and staff. Letter. “Letter to Protest ’Meeting of the Whole’.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/755