BWCO Response to President Kneller on Daycare
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THE BROO :
KLYN COLLEGE WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION
March 31, 1971
To the Presid
slident
Brooklyn College
Dear President Kneller;
The ton |
py aes: “te content of the letter of March 12, 1971;
does not conv Y your executive assistant, Elizabeth Chirico,
us verball ey the cooperative spirit of which you assured
y at our meeting of March 2, 1971.
she reported that your reaction to our letter of March 2
was to Suggest that we "function through the thoroughly adequate
processes available to all members of the teaching staff,”
and to re-route us to the University Senate, Legislative
Conference, the college curriculum committee and the committee
on the master plan. She omitted any answer to the request
for which your office would be the most clearly appropriate
route. I am referring to our first pbint, which asked that
a questionnaire on the need for child care be included in
the registration packet of all students, day and evening session,
and be attached to the paychecks of all personnel, teaching
and other.
We assume this was an accidental oversight, since it is
difficult to see how the administration can help to search for
adequate permanent facilities without ascertaining the extent
of need for child care on campus.
Sincerely,
ces Dean Peck
Dean Albaum
Dean Gold
Dean Jacobson
Day Care Collective
Faculty Wives |
a SAN rico Renate Bridenthal
Elizabeth Chirt Allis Wolfe
Lilia Melani
Delegates of the Brooklym
College Women's Organization
KLYN COLLEGE WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION
March 31, 1971
To the Presid
slident
Brooklyn College
Dear President Kneller;
The ton |
py aes: “te content of the letter of March 12, 1971;
does not conv Y your executive assistant, Elizabeth Chirico,
us verball ey the cooperative spirit of which you assured
y at our meeting of March 2, 1971.
she reported that your reaction to our letter of March 2
was to Suggest that we "function through the thoroughly adequate
processes available to all members of the teaching staff,”
and to re-route us to the University Senate, Legislative
Conference, the college curriculum committee and the committee
on the master plan. She omitted any answer to the request
for which your office would be the most clearly appropriate
route. I am referring to our first pbint, which asked that
a questionnaire on the need for child care be included in
the registration packet of all students, day and evening session,
and be attached to the paychecks of all personnel, teaching
and other.
We assume this was an accidental oversight, since it is
difficult to see how the administration can help to search for
adequate permanent facilities without ascertaining the extent
of need for child care on campus.
Sincerely,
ces Dean Peck
Dean Albaum
Dean Gold
Dean Jacobson
Day Care Collective
Faculty Wives |
a SAN rico Renate Bridenthal
Elizabeth Chirt Allis Wolfe
Lilia Melani
Delegates of the Brooklym
College Women's Organization
Title
BWCO Response to President Kneller on Daycare
Description
Responding to the dismissive tone of a letter from Brooklyn College President John Kneller's office, the Brooklyn College Women's Organization (BCWO) wrote: "The tone and content of the letter...does not convey the cooperative spirit of which you assured us verbally at our meeting." The letter goes on to address the way that organizers were "re-routed...omit(ting) any answer to the request for which your office would be the most clearly appropriate route." This document showcases the tenacity of Brooklyn College's feminist activists, who sought accountability from the administration in their efforts to achieve adequate childcare, end employment discrimination based on sex and maternity leave, and to establish a women's studies program at Brooklyn College.
Contributor
Bridenthal, Renate
Creator
Brooklyn College Women's Organization
Date
March 31, 1971
Language
English
Relation
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Source
Bridenthal, Renate
Original Format
Diary / Correspondence
Brooklyn College Women’s Organization. Letter. “BWCO Response to President Kneller on Daycare”. 5522, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/881