All Entries in the "Women’s Studies" Category
Smith College’s Oral History Project on Women of Rock Music
The video interviews and written transcripts put together by Tanya Pearson, an Ada Comstock Scholar at the college, will become part of the Sophia Smith Collection at the Smith College library.
Academic Consortium Develops the Online Breast Cancer Risk Calculator
The Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium includes researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, the University of California, Davis, the Group Health Research Institute, and the Mayo Clinic. The consortium’s online tool can assess a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer within five to 10 years.
American University Launches a Certificate Program for Women Entrepreneurs in Pakistan
The School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., and the Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan have entered into partnership to offer a certificate program for women entrepreneurs.
How Government Policy Affects Women’s Ability to Juggle Work-Family Life
Caitlyn Collins, a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, interviewed a large group of working mothers in the United States, Germany, Italy, and Sweden to understand their experiences balancing motherhood and employment.
The Only On-Campus MBA Program for Women Is Closing
Simmons College in Boston has seen declining enrollments in its on-campus MBA program for women. So it is now moving its MBA programs exclusively online and the new programs will be available for both men and women. Students in the new online MBA will have the option of an elective gender component.
Research Finds Women Were Disproportionately Quarantined for Venereal Diseases in Early 1900s
New research by Nicole Perry, a Ph.D. student in sociology at the University of Kansas, documents that that low-income women were disproportionately quarantined in prisons to prevent the further spread of venereal diseases in the post-World War I period.
Iowa State University Students Are Working on Landscaping Projects With Inmates at a Women’s Prison
The Iowa State team, led by assistant professor Julie Stevens, constructed three multipurpose outdoor classrooms. They planted 260 trees and about one acre of native prairie flowers and grasses. This year’s effort was devoted to a one-acre garden that is producing herbs and vegetables for the prison’s kitchen.
Purdue University Acquires Film Showing Amelia Earhart
The film was taken at the Union Air Terminal in Los Angeles in 1937 as Earhart was about to embark on her round-the-world flight. The plane disappeared during the flight and has never been found.
Seven Sister Colleges Launch an Online Historical Archive of Women in Higher Education
The archive includes a wide variety of materials including photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, and diaries documenting the history of women in higher education.
New Five College Consortium Digital Project Examines Early American Fashion
Scholars in the Five College Consortium (Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, Hampshire, and the University of Massachusetts) in western Massachusetts have established a new online archive called Historic Dress.
Should Women’s Collegiate Sports Teams Use “Lady” in Their Nicknames?
Nearly 100 colleges and universities who are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association use the term “Lady” to describe their women’s sports teams. The University of Tennessee has decided to no longer do so.
A New Center for Women in Business to Be Established at Texas Woman’s University
The new center will be the first of its kind in the region and will provide leadership opportunities to encourage and support women’s business ownership and success.
West Virginia University Acquires a Collection of Prints by Grace Martin Taylor
Taylor is considered one of the most innovative printmakers of the mid-twentieth century. She held bachelor’s and master’s degrees from West Virginia University was served as president of the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts, now part of the University of Charleston.
University of Pittsburgh Establishes a New Center on Women’s Health Research
The new center is dedicated to improving the state of women’s health by fostering innovation in research, education and clinical practice, while promoting community partnership and advocacy around health care for women.
Stanford Sociologist Finds Women More Worried Than Men About Becoming Parents
A new study by Brooke Conroy Bass, a doctoral student in sociology at Stanford University, found that among young heterosexual couples who had not yet had children, women were more likely than men to downsize their career objectives due to the anticipated duties of parenthood.
University of Missouri Debuts Oral History Project on Women in Journalism
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri has established an oral history project chronicling the battle for gender equality in journalism.
University of Virginia to Publish Martha Washington’s Letters
After her husband death, Martha Washington destroyed most of the correspondence between her and the nation’s first president. But thousands of letters between Martha Washington and others have survived.
Kent State University Announces a New Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
The center’s mission is to enhance and integrate the university women’s studies and LGBT studies programs. Associate professors Suzanne Holt and Molly Merryman will lead efforts to develop the new center.
University of Rhode Island Opens New Gender and Sexuality Center on Campus
The University of Rhode Island recently held grand opening ceremonies for its new Gender and Sexuality Center on campus. The 4,300-square-foot building has been under construction for the past year at a cost of $2.1 million.
Duke University Acquires a Vast Archive of Women’s Historical Materials
The Lisa Unger Baskin collection includes more than 8,600 rare books and thousands of other documents including manuscripts, journals, and artifacts. Included in the collection is the writing desk used by Virginia Woolf.
University of Houston Acquires the Papers of Maria Cristina Mena
Mesa was born in Mexico in 1893 to a well-to-do family and fled to New York to escape the Mexican Revolution. She wrote 11 short stories and five children’s books.
Iowa State University’s Vast Archive of Political Speeches and Ads of Women Candidates
The Women’s Political Communication Archives at Iowa State University are a vast database of speeches and campaign ads for over 300 women politicians and activists throughout American history.
Five Women Scholars Launch New Peer-Reviewed Journal, Sexualization, Media & Society
The five editors of the new journal are Deidre Condit and Jennifer Johnson of Virginia Commonwealth University, Ana Bridges of the University of Arkansas, Gail Dines of Wheelock College, and Carolyn West of the University of Washington.
New University Website and Journal Honors Idaho’s Women of Influence
The University of Idaho has debuted a new online resource “highlighting the contributions of women to Idaho’s history and contemporary society.” The initiative will also include a peer-reviewed journal.
Brandeis University Has Acquired the Archives of the Quarterly Magazine Lilith
The magazine was founded in 1976 and has the tagline “independent, Jewish, and frankly feminist.” The archives include notes, edited articles, editorial correspondence, photographs, manuscripts that were never published, and documents about the founding of the magazine.
New Website to Highlight the Contributions of Early Women Philosophers
A group of philosophers at Duke University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania are developing a website that hopes to highlight the contributions of early women philosophers.
Arizona State University Unveils a Free Online Program for Women Entrepreneurs
The online educational program is not only relevant for women who are thinking of starting a small business, but also those who already own small or medium-sized businesses and simply need additional support to increase their success and income.
University of Houston to Offer a Major in Women’s Studies
The University of Houston is offering a new bachelor’s degree program in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. In the past, there was only a minor concentration in the subject area. Elizabeth Gregory, professor of English, is the director of the women’s studies program.
Northeastern University Is the New Home of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Signs was founded in 1975 and is published by the University of Chicago Press. It has been based at Rutgers University in New Jersey for the past decade. The journal will be housed at Northeastern for at least five years.
Yale University Acquires the Archives of Playwright Paula Vogel
The Vogel papers will be the first archive of a woman playwright in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s Yale Collection of American Literature. Professor Vogel currently serves as playwright-in-residence at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Barnard College Debuts a New Digital Archive Documenting the College’s History
The digital archive includes a collection of photographs depicting people and events at Barnard and the surrounding community. Also includes are digitized versions of the student newspaper and the annual Barnard College yearbook.
New Book Explores the History of the First Women’s College in Kansas
The story of the first women’s college in Kansas is detailed in the new book Marymount College of Kansas: A History (The History Press, 2014). It is authored by Pat E. Ackerman, an associate professor of language arts and graduate director at Kansas State University-Salina.
A New Master’s Degree Program in Women’s and Gender Studies at Virginia Tech
The Women and Gender Studies program at Virginia Tech is led by Katrina M. Powell, an associate professor of rhetoric and writing in the department of English at the university. The new master’s degree program will enroll its first students next fall.
University of North Carolina Greensboro Renames Building to Honor a Former Faculty Member
In 1921 Mary Channing Coleman became the first director of the physical education department at what was when known as the North Carolina College for Women. Coleman served as the director of the physical education program until her death in 1947.
Pearl Buck Archives Now Housed at West Virginia University
The archives of West Virginia native Pearl S. Buck have been held at West Virginia Wesleyan College for the past 45 years. The collection will now be housed at West Virginia University, which has far greater resources to make the collection more accessible to researchers and the public.
