Word: genders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Religion has played a powerful role in shaping women's social roles through history and in shaping views of gender," says Buchanan, explaining that the program's research projects seek to investigate this role. Much of the work, she notes, consists of recovering historical material that has either been ignored, altered or misinterpreted over the centuries. This year, for instance, Catherine Prelinger is examining the role of the deaconess in the 19th century, research that demonstrates the role religion played in encouraging women to work outside the home...
...must also express an interest in the less political aspects of undergraduate life. The all female band which was formed this winter is an example of that. Likewise, the business series which runs through February is intended to help undergraduates plan of the future and overcome any gender-based obstacles...
...these efforts is a comprehensive study of the impact of gender differences in the classroom, planned for the spring. The study is worth while because previous, more limited evidence has indicated that men and women both learn and teach differently, women students may respond better to female professors while women professors may, in turn, have difficulty establishing authority with male students. Dean K. Whitla, director of the Harvard-Danforth Center that will conduct the study, said that if the findings confirm these trends, they may encourage the University to hire more female professors...
...explained that "the sexual harassment study focuses on abuses of someone in a supervisory position to an individual whereas this study will take a more general outlook of gender differences...
Seven projects, in addition to the gender study, have been funded by the Committee or the Status of Women. They include compiling a directory of support programs for women, establishing a daycare program at the Divinity School, and participation in the international conference on women, religion and social change