Word: kleine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Klein's non-renewal, moreover, has occurred within a department whose chairman claims it has one of the best records of affirmative action for women; if this is true, then it is a sad statement about the rest of the College, for the Government Department currently has one tenured woman professor...
...issue raised by the Government Department's decision is much greater than Klein's case alone. What must be addressed is not the possibly politically biased or sexist motivation behind the current decision, but the implications this move has for women and the study of women at the college in general. Ethel Klein is only the most recent un-promoted or un-tenured woman in a long--and distinguished--line of scholars who we feel have been refused a place on the faculty due to their sex, their feminism, and their concern for Women's Studies. A few facts illuminate...
...Ethel Klein's situation is not a new one, but that does not lessen our anger and dismay. The University is creating a dangerously self-perpetuating situation, as its refusal to grant scholarship of and by women the respect it deserves makes it increasingly unattractive for people in Women's Studies and female scholars to come here. The development of Women's Studies in the world at large will continue with or without Harvard's approval, and it will be more than a little distressing if the University succeeds in completely cutting itself off from this new field...
Women here are getting tired of being told, in a multitude of subtle and not-so-subtle ways, that we are not worth learning from and not worth learning about. We implore the Government Department to reconsider its decision on Klein's contract, or at least to seek someone with a similar commitment to Women's Studies and to undergraduate education to take her place. We ask that all students here, women and men, think a little more deeply about what place women have at Harvard/Radcliffe in the future--both at the lectern and in the syllabus. Toba Spitzer...
...were interpreted so as to give an impression that could not be farther from my intent, Your reporter portrayed my comments about the University's failure to take seriously the concerns of students when considering faculty retention decisions as to-suggest that I do not believe that Professor Ethel Klein, the most recent victim of Harvard's callous and insensitive attitude, is a professor worth fighting for I regret the misunderstanding and write to clarify my remarks...