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Department of History
Brooklyn College

of The City University

of New York

Brooklyn, New York 11210
Telephone: (212) 780-5303

March 2, 1971

To the President
Brooklyn College

In the interest of eliminating sexually discriminatory
practices at Brooklyn College, the Brooklyn College Women's
Organization is forming a Discrimination Committee to investiate
charges of sex discrimination against any woman on campus,
having recourse to the legally established machinery.

In addition, we are making the following demands:
1. That the Administration assume responsibility for

determining the need for day and night care of children on
campus. We are submitting a questionnaire to be included

in the®vecistration packet of all students, day and evening
session, and to be attached to the paychecks of all personnel,
teaching and other. The ultimate objective is to provide
adequate facilities for all those who need them. In the interin,
we support the demands of the Day Care Collective for larger

and more appropriate quarters.

2. That the Administration present to the Board of Higher
Education as policy for the by-laws, the following resolution
on maternity leave:

"Since women should not be penalized for pregnancy,
maternity leaves should be treated according to the same
principle as any temporary absence for medical reasons,

In the case of extended maternity leaves, these should be
handled as are leaves for military service for male academics.
That iss

a. Pregnancy shall not be grounds for dismissal, downgradiz,
holding upiof promotion, or withholding the granting offenure.

b. No woman shall be forced to take a leave due to
pregnancy, but she shall be entitled to a short-term maternity
leave with full pay. Additional leave up to a year should be
available to her upon her request. The additional leave
should be treated in regard to pay and promotion as would
a temporary absence for medical reasons or for military service

c. For graduate students maternity leave should not be
counted against the maximum number of years required for
completion of the degree,"



Department of History
Brooklyn College

of The City University

of New York

Brooklyn, New York 11210
Telephone: (212) 780-5303

3. That the Administration inaugurate an interdisciplinary
program in women's studies, with courses to be given in

at least the following departments, and co-ordinated by

a committee of two faculty and three student members, to

be chosen by the Brooklyn College Women's Organization:

Sociology

History
Psychology
Education

Art

English
Anthropology
Political Science
Economics

Modern Languages
Classics and Comparative Literature
American Studies
Urban Studies

This program should be authorized before the next meeting
of the departments, so as to come before the Curriculum
Committees in time for implementation for the Fall semester.

Renate Bridenthal
Lilia Melani
Allis Wolfe

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Delegates from the Brooklyn @llege
Women's Organization