Historical Context of Women and Gender Studies “It was a place where women could come together…” Audio, Founding, Historical Context, Joan Ferrante “It was not fully prepared for coeducation quite yet…” Audio, Early Challenges, Historical Context, Laura Ciolkowski “My hope for the next generation of women’s studies…” Alice Kessler-Harris, Core Faculty, Historical Context, Interdisciplinary Leadership, Video “…a time of an opening up of queer issues” Annie Barry, Audio, Early Challenges, Historical Context, IRWAG to IRWGS “We needed some place that would be a center for women’s issues…” Audio, Founding, Historical Context, Joan Ferrante “…that was why the institute was a very important move” Audio, Founding, Historical Context, Joan Ferrante “How could you be a feminist and yet be writing an objective history?” Alice Kessler-Harris, Historical Context, Video “…it was invariably “the men” and “the girls.” Audio, Gillian Lindt, Historical Context “The Open Forum on Women at Columbia meeting…” Audio, Historical Context, Robert Hanning “Setting the picture of the women who were originally involved…” Audio, Historical Context, Joan Ferrante “It’s not that people were against women’s studies, it just hadn’t occurred to them.” Audio, Gillian Lindt, Historical Context “More and more women getting prizes…” Audio, Historical Context, Joan Ferrante
