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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: May 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Inventory of the Women's Studies Program Collection, 1977 - 2002 Special Collections & ArchivesWesleyan University Middletown, CT, USA

Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) Women's Studies Program Collection, 1977 - 2002 2008-34 Material in English 0.25 1 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. The Women's Studies Program was created in 1980 and became a major in 1989. In 2006, the program was renamed Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. The Women's Studies Program Collection documents some of the curricular and structural changes made in the history of the Women's Studies Program (now Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies). The materials include a 1977 paper by Sheila Tobias on the history and future of women's studies in general; a 1980 proposal for a Women's Studies Program; a list of core courses in the Women's Studies Program for the year 1981-1982; and an extensive 2002 report created by a student forum about the nature and direction of Women's Studies at Wesleyan. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Women's Studies Program Collection, Collection #2008-34, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department by Noreen Barris in November 2008.

Processing Information

Processed by Valerie Gillispie, May 2009

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, May 2009

Historical Note

Wesleyan University began offering classes about women's issues in the early 1970s, which was shortly after the first women were admitted to Wesleyan in 1968. Women's Studies was housed within the American Studies program for the duration of the 1970s. In 1980, a Women's Studies Program was formed, but it did not become an official major until 1989.

The name of the program was changed to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in 2006 to better reflect the changing nature of the curriculum.

Collection Overview

The Women's Studies Program Collection documents some of the curricular and structural changes made in the history of the Women's Studies Program (now Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies). The materials include a 1977 paper by Sheila Tobias on the history and future of women's studies in general; a 1980 proposal for a Women's Studies Program; a list of core courses in the Women's Studies Program for the year 1981-1982; and an extensive 2002 report created by a student forum about the nature and direction of Women's Studies at Wesleyan.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Curricula. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Administration. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Faculty. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--History. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Students. Women's studies--Curricula--United States. Women's studies--Connecticut--History. Tobias, Sheila. Detailed Description of the Collection 1 Women's Studies: Its Origins, Its Organization and Its Prospects, by Sheila Tobias, circa 1977

Also includes bibliography of non-sexist reading materials for children, and sources for non-sexist reading materials.

Women's Studies Program Proposal, March 4, 1980 Core courses, 1981-1982 Envisioning a More Inclusive Women's Studies Program, by WMST 419, Fall 2002

In Fall 2002, a student forum (WMST 419) was offered in the Women's Studies Department. The full title of the forum was Envisioning an Inclusive Women's Studies Program: A Collective Forum to Create Change at Wesleyan. Under faculty advisor Gina Ulysse, the students enrolled in WMST 419 evaluated the Women's Studies Department and its curriculum and goals. Envisioning a More Inclusive Women's Studies Program is a spiral bound document that describes the forum's suggestions for revising the governance of the department and restructuring the Women's Studies introductory class.