Founding a Gender Institute at Columbia “Columbia comes to the institutionalization of women and gender studies late…” Alondra Nelson, Audio, Core Faculty, Founding, Interdisciplinary Leadership “It was a place where women could come together…” Audio, Founding, Historical Context, Joan Ferrante “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 “…the English Department was a place that was looking to the past, not the future.” Early Challenges, Founding, Jean Howard, Video
