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ie: ‘1.Feel Angry”
“Ruth A, Leibowitz, a sopho-

Pressure and Popularity Spur Variety _ [nys.t "atari
In College Women’s Studies Courses! ti» ml or, er ow

" wil WIsays, .‘1 feel angry, ‘because

-W men’s studies courses|and masters. degrees _as_well|help . I'm looking for that model and
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4 ‘around ‘the country, 1a-|Ph.D. degree. ployets who might be skeptical||types of ancient- civilizations.
pit incteasing. ,not: only in| Barnard Colle eae ae of, such an untraditional major||..““Women have been treated
« the Jhumber of’ camiruses | on|ample, provided Benet a (iucges women's sindies, as a second or, inferior class,”
which they. ere offered, butlmen’s studies courses. within Two years ago, Professor said Beryl L, Kaplan, a commit
alsoin the depth and yariety}11 departments this: year. The Bridenthal recalled, students ted’ feminist enrolled in| Bar-
y religion, history and French de-|began. collecting signatures on): Ba s*'Determinants of Sexu-
pactinents offered, respectively, petitions and lobbying the de- eee Ra eae guaalage
febaeey aus ‘Repo ein Pertinent ehmiemie, Te abe psychology and biology: ORE
“arailechiaic? «History; end dent women’s liberation group}| Anticipating a veareet'~: Jn
“French Women Writers.” and ithe Brooklyn College Wo-||eynecology, Miss’ Kenlin. has}
with aan State University of New men’s: Organization fought to}. Wpikes this year in an abortion}
atio movement and its grie- dents AED ott cena ae m3 JO8 RTO stam (AP heget am interested in wworten’s
vances, manifesting the con- heir own majors, such as “Wo. ‘I health and women’s © physical}:|
sciousness: of women estab-|men’s Studies” or “Women in Prof. Domna C. Stanton,||sense of their bodies, their
lished by organizations. such|the American Experience.” who teaches a. French course,||sense of themselves as sexual
as fhe National Organization) ° “The Faculty, and edministra-| Female and Feminism,” at beings,” she said.
. of Women. and: the: Nationalition express general a rovailBamerd, described women’s||; “In saying that-women’s stud-
Women’s Political Caucus. of women’s studies,” said Prof.|studies as “compensatory” igs. were part of the. semien's
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Mary P. Ryan, coordinator of cation, - Jiberation movement; Mi ‘Kapésly
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voiced rationale. {| “Education is a basic founda-

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ate Ad teae a ite onere history! On| “History was always male tion for any kind of movernent. |
‘hen inte full-fh edged degree Although courses In women’s history, and literature was male| | Women’s studies is in @- lot

5 £Tee| studies at the State Universityjliterature,” she said, adding), of ways—consciousness rais-

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| pistrators say they fear it.mayjeq faculty and’a lack of rales about women, “it will help} ‘parney J. Schwattz, one of
be more of-@ fad than a disci-have made the development women to get a fair share| |the few Columbla men who
pling erie ene slow and problematic. of the pie in society, to become} |cross over to the Barnard cam-
| Whalmajors in wich studies| Petitlons Circulated professionals by virtue of edu-||pus to study ort
Digah Sind. mveaal recenticn| next fall|" "students comm Literate) ee es era: =
} j business world. t @ able to elect s commonly speak of| ltr with emphasis on te wo-/Bt

Range ‘of women’s|*"8er, frustration and fear. men’s movement or the wo-
ies. combined with some Amanda P. Kissin, a 17-yeat-| |men’s moyement with examples be
other subject leading to a B.A.|ld Barnard freshman, said she) |from literature. » Hen
gree, found | Sexuality in Literature,” Mr. Schwartz, an English bibs
Prof. _ Renate Bridenthal,|was, “almost a little frighten- major;~said to.,his professor:
coordinator of the program, |!Mé adding: MEverything in literature. . -|oe
said the double major , would] _ ‘1 feel like I'm really impress- |. |reflec - the, aod

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ges @nd universities across the

country ‘have ‘offered 4,658

~~ | -gourges:: in. women’s studies.

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ible. I’m taking this really} |th Le ee on
t je sexes. aA

aes Ne The readings strike Condemning the teaching of
s in me. the women’s movement in a
,_Wentifying herself with the] |college .', classroom, Mr.
neuen les of women in society,| |Schwartz said, “If we're going
ue See said: - to study introduction to the
i eel the frustration. The), |feminist ‘movement and _illus-
ourse gives me a mice sense) |trate it in literature, then it’s
of being part of it. I know) |polemic.”

that it's not just my own neu- Prof, Remington P. Patterson,
pane Aagted aa a other women| |acting dean of the faculty, sug-
‘eel the same thing. gested’ one reason whiy there] |

was no total women studies
|program at Barnard. He said
there was “a reluctance to see
Barnard identified with a cause,
making anything except an in-
+tellectual. commitment to its
.|students.” 7
The real question is “whether
or not this really represents

jan academic or intellectual dis- e
cipline,” Professor Patterson} } >

*, said.

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