Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...feminist groups, the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus and the National Organization of Women, said the Democrats should reaffirm their support for the Equal Rights Amendment and for the right of women to have abortions...
LAST WEEK, Harvard's fourth annual Women's History Week drew substantial attendance and enthusiasm, as it has in the past. But the crowds who flocked to hear Nancy Cott speak on feminist theory only reemphasized the rarity of such an event on campus. The fact remains that the University still has virtually no means of accommodating students who want to study women's history or any other aspect of "women's studies." Such a program is long overdue at Harvard; its absence is a gap that must be filled...
...studies," and this is true to the extent that facts about women and the different types of influence they exert have been left out of most traditional scholarship, which uses the male as a standard model for evaluation. New and important aspects of "women's studies" include feminist literary criticism; history and government courses which examine women's role in politics, the family, and social revolutions; and post-Freudian psychology which accounts for gaps in the Freudian, male-dominated picture of the human psyche...
...studies; i.e. set up a committee three years ago to try to bring Harvard up to the standards of other institutions nationwide. But the committee has been empowered only to search for one scholar to be jointly tenured in women's studies and another field. Last spring renowned feminist literary critic Elaine Showalter, who would have been jointly tenured is women's studies and another field. Last spring renowned feminist literary critic Elaine Showalter, who would have been jointly tenured with the English Department, went instead to Princeton, a university which has demonstrated its commitment to the burgeoning field...
...cost from various suppliers. The largest chunk of its schedule consists of entertainment shows purchased through a special arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corp. These BBC programs run the gamut from classy mini-series (Jane Eyre) to music specials (An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber) and sitcoms (The Fainthearted Feminist with Lynn Redgrave). The schedule is also filled with concerts, operas, ballets and other fine-arts fare. But the network's executives admit that they are trying to attract new viewers with shows of broader appeal. "We have a very straightforward mission," says A&E President Nickolas Davatzes, "to provide...