The story of a woman who was dying of cancer and the film series that documents the last two years of her life. (HB)

Designed to aid and encourage more feminist research about Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) and her circle of friends, this bibliography lists works relevant to the life of this American writer who lived and worked in Paris. The bibliography opens with an introduction providing biographical details, information about Barney's relationships with…

This article compares results of questionnaires taken in 1971 and 1973 to study the extent to which Princeton's female students rejected all the stereotyped feminine traits. (PD)

Discusses directions in which literary, cultural, ethnic, and women's studies have moved in recent years, noting what has been lost by following certain discursive directions proposed by feminism and rejecting others. Examines the steady move toward separation of political from poetic and recommends a return to the literary imagination and…

Reflects on positive and worrisome shifts in women's studies over 25 years. Positive shifts include establishment of women's studies programs in over 700 colleges and establishment of sections on gender in most major disciplinary organizations. Causes for concern include ways the academy may have changed feminists and women's studies programs.…

In this article we draw on data from a completed project entitled Why Do Women?s Studies? involving five English Universities. However, the data reported here focuses on a single institution. The data were collected through questionnaires which combined quantitative and qualitative questions and we have the views of three distinct groups of…

The near invisibility of women's contributions to psychology is a serious problem in the teaching of psychology. We tested the effectiveness of a teaching exercise aimed at increasing students' awareness of women's contributions to psychology. The exercise involved making, displaying, and examining posters about women in psychology. Students (a)…

The "Research & Action Report," published twice a year, is a window on the activities and initiatives at the Wellesley Centers for Women. The report typically features news about the Centers, interviews with researchers, commentary on recent events or social trends affecting women and girls, announcements of new publications, and much more.…

In spite of the enormous power that women wield in the marketplace, the role of women in advertisements is not commensurate with women as a powerful group. Studies demonstrate a gender bias in advertising, such that, despite their buying power, women are portrayed in stereotypical roles. This manuscript discusses ways that women are depicted in…

This article theorises findings from a research project investigating gender equity in Commonwealth higher education. The study interrogated enablers and impediments to gender equity in South Africa, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Tanzania. The focus of inquiry was access, curriculum transformation and staff development. This article examines one…

With the rapid demographic changes in the United States in general and in the state of Kansas in particular, educational institutions are challenged with a gigantic task: to educate a very diverse population with multifaceted linguistic and cultural backgrounds, needs, and challenges that is growing exponentially. To illustrate this demographic…

Background: Before 1999, there was little research on teachers and apartheid aside from some biographical sketches. "A Mother and Her Daughters" is part of an ongoing oral history project of teachers who fought apartheid. It is contextualized through the literature on Jews and apartheid in South Africa and joins the growing literature on…

A discussion of plays specifically by and for women. (CH)

Mark Baker in "NAM: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There" (1981) tells a war story, and war stories tend to elevate the masculine combat adventure as inherently more profound, and therefore more valuable, than other experiences. However, now that the emotional considerations of war are no longer being…

Much of the modern ideology about women and success, in particular the hypothesis that women fear success as much as failure, is wrong and unhelpful in understanding anything about the present or the past. (EH)