Conceptual Frameworks for Studying Women's History

class, history, economy, data

Contents

I. Women in the Ancient World
Marylin Arthur, Columbia University

II. Notes on Women in the Renaissance and Renaissance Historiography
Joan Kelly-Gadol, City College

III. Towards a Feminist Marxism: The Dialectics of Production and Reproduction
Renate Bridenthal, Brooklyn College

IV. Placing Women in U.S. History: Definitions and Challenges
Gerda Lerner, Sarah Lawrence College

Arthur, Marylin; Bridenthal, Renata; Kelly-Gadol, Joan; Lerner, Gerda

Workshop Symposium, "Conceptual Frameworks for the Study of Women's History," Sarah Lawrence College, March 15, 1975

Sarah Lawrence College

1975

stapled sheets; 56 pages; black and white; text, tables, diagrams

English

BCRW archive, S box 1, folder "Sarah Lawrence College"

Workbook on Sterilization Abuse

reproductive rights, class, race, health care, abortion, law

Contents

Introduction

Who to Contact

I. What is Sterilization?
How do other forms of contraception work, in contrast to sterilization?
What are the procedures for female sterilization?
Can female sterilization be successfully reversed?
What is male sterilization?

II. Who Uses Sterilization to Prevent Conception?
Has the sterilization of women in proportion to men increased?
How do race and ethnic difference affect sterilization rates?
Are there regional differences in rates of sterilization?
How do socioeconomic differences affect sterilization rates?

III. What is Sterilization Abuse?
In what way does withholding sterilization constitute an abuse of reproductive freedom?
What are some indications of involuntary sterilization?
How do health professionalizes contribute to sterilization abuse?
What is the relationship between sterilization abuse and access to other forms of birth control?
How does the social and economic context lead to sterilization abuse?

IV. Sterilization in Puerto Rico: a case study
What is the relationship between the socioeconomic background of Puerto Rico and its sterilization program?
What is the relationship between abortion and sterilization?
Do Puerto Rican women choose sterilization?

V. What Do We Propose?

Appendix
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Guidelines for Female Elective Sterilization, November 1975
Proposed HEW regulations, December 1977

Footnotes

General Bibliography

Ad Hoc Women's Studies Committee Against Sterilization Abuse

Sarah Lawrence College

1978

booklet; 51 pages; black and white; text

English

BCRW archive, S box 1, folder "Sarah Lawrence College"

The Gender of Class

class, academia

The Institute for Research on Women and the Center for the American Woman and Politics at Rutgers University announce the 1986-1987 "The Gender of Class" seminar series and schedule of events.

Institute for Research on Women | Center for the American Woman and Politics

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick

1986-1987

single sheet; 1 page; black and white; text

English

BCRW Archives, R box 3, folder "Rutgers University Center for the American Woman and Politics - Part II"

Chicanas Speak Out: Women- New Voice of La Raza

race, class, poverty, socialism, Latina/Latino, women's movement, women's liberation

Contents

Women: New Voice of La Raza by Mirta Vidal

Statement by Elma Barrera

Workshop resolutions from first national Chicana conference

Vidal, Mirta

Pathfinder Press

1971

booklet; 15 pages; black and white; text

English

BCRW archive, P box 1, folder "Pathfinder Press"

Femininities, Masculinities, and the Politics of Sexual Difference(s): Working Papers from the 2003-2004 Seminar

academia, education, gay, Judaism, slavery, history, family, child care, children, queer, race, class, dance, sports, health, politics, sexual harassment, law

Contents

Director's Preface - by Dorothy Sue Cobble

Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Politics:
- The Afro Homo Pomo Vexing of Black Macho in the Age of AIDS - by Cheryl Clarke
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Missing Women in the New Picture of Jewish Masculinity - by Deborah Hertz
- Numeracy and Slavery: Thinking about Demography and the Social History of Colonial New York City - by Jennifer Morgan
- The Politics of Sentimentality and Masochism in Adrienne Kennedy's Ohio State Murders - by Piia Mustamäki

Families, Reproduction, and Sexual Difference(s):
- De-Naturalizing the Natural Family: Utilizing Adoption to Deconstruct the Normative Family - by Marla Brettschneider
- Commodifying Men: The Science and Politics of Sperm Banking - by Cynthia Daniels
- Family Banishments: Understanding the Honor Crimes in the United States - by Jewel Daney
- Queer Diasporas/Psychic Diasporas - by David Eng
- A Grand Domestic Revolution? - buy Jennifer Pettit
- The "Other" Culture: Craft Societies and Widows' Remarriage in Early Modern India - by Nandita Prasad Sahai

Gendered Performances
- "What Do We See Now?": Picturing Gender and Race in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals - by Barbara Balliet
- In the Land of Oooblah Dee - by Wesley Brown
- Messages from Face and Body: Women, Men, and the Silent Expression of Social Status - by Caroline Keating
- Space and Place, Dress and Dance: Openly Erotic Dancing at Women's Tours in Dakar, Senegal - by Jessica Morales-Libove
Performing Masculinity: Homophobia, Sexuality, and Female Jazz Saxophonists - by Yoko Suzuki

Gender Differences and the State:
- The Demise of Development in Early Childhood Education? - Susan Golbeck
- Achievement and Decline: The Importance of Women's Sports Participation to Public Health - by Leslie Heywood
- Gendered Identities, Gendered Politics?: Framing Difference in the French Parity Debate - by Eléonore Lépinard
- Magnus Hirschfield, the Third Sex, and the Struggle for Homosexual Emancipation in Early Twentieth-Century Germany - by Elena Mancini
- Sex, Laws, and Power: Women and Sexual Harassment Law - by Sasha Patterson

About the Contributors

Cobble; Dorothy Sue; Hutchison, Beth; Chaloupka, Amanda B. (eds.)

Institute for Research on Women, Institute for Women's Leadership

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

2004

book; 112 pages; black and white; text

English

BCRW Archives, R box 3, folder "Rutgers University"

India, Senegal, France, Germany

Housework, Unpaid Work: The Crime Against Women Internationally

work, labor, class

Denounces the absence of wages for necessary reproductive work in the home, as well as the inadequacy of wages in the service industries. Asserts that this unpaid and under-paid labor reproduces the working class, and calls on the unwaged to unite and demand reimbursement.

New York Wages for Housework Committee

Wages for Housework Committee

flyer; 2 pages; black and women; text

English

BCRW archive, W box 1, folder "Wages for Housework"

Revolutionary Communist Youth - Slate Statement

communism, politics, capitalism, education, class, labor, activism, oppression, racism, sexism, discrimination, socialism

Contents

Introduction
The Universities Under Capitalism
What We Have Done at CCNY
Racial and Sexual Oppression
Socialism
Vote RCY

Revolutionary Communist Youth

Revolutionary Communist Youth

stapled sheets; 3 pages; black and white; text

English

BCRW Archives, R box 2, folder "Revolutionary Communist Youth"

Reproductive Rights Newsletter: Newsletter of the Reproductive Rights National Network [Fall 1981 to Autumn 1983]

reproductive rights, abortion, health care, insurance, sterilization, law, birth control, Roe v. Wade, transnational, politics, lesbian, war, peace, economy, workforce, activism, domestic violence, health, racism, class

Contents


Vol. 3, No. 3, Fall 1981
Editorial:
- Reproductive Rights and the Peace Movement
Features:
- In Support of Women's Lives: Rally Against the Right-to-Life
- The Right-to-Life: A Closer Look
- Deprogramming: New Attack on Lesbians
- Medicaid: The High Cost of Being Poor
- Ladies Against Women: "I'd Rather Be Ironing"
International News:
- Women in Poland: An Interview
- International Notes
Network News and Notes
- Adopt-a-Bus for Choice
- Lesbianism and R2N2: "What We're Doing is Just Not Enough"
- Child Care: An R2N2 Priority?
Legislative Update
- Four Anti-Abortion Bills Pending in Congress
- U.S. Supreme Court to Review Abortion Cases
Review
- But Some of Us Are Brave


Vol. 4, No. 2, July 1982
Editorial
- O'Connor, a Victory for Women?
Features
- Medicaid Cutbacks, Prescription for Disaster
- Defunding of Feminist Health Centers, Not a Routine Budget Cut
- 'Hello, is Jane Here?' Illegal Abortions Performed by Women, for Women
- Unjust Child Removal and How to Fight It, A Manual for Mothers
International News
- Spanish Rightists Step Up War on Abortion Movement
- Zimbabwe Bans Depo-Provera
- 'For the Good of the People...' Abortion and Sterilization in Nazi Germany
Network News
Legislative Update
Review
- Karen Silkwood: A Modern Heroine Brought to Life


Vol. 4, No. 3, November 1982
Editorial
- Reflecting on a Decade
Features
- Roe v. Wade: Ten Years Later
- Rosie Jimenez: Don't Mourn, Organize
- Terrorism: The Hidden Face of the Moral Majority
- The Question of Disability
- Infant Mortality: A Mirror of U.S. Life
- The Pro-Family Left
International News
- Women in El Salvador
- Reproductive Rights in India
- Irish Women Undaunted By Uphill Battle
Network News
- Cherry Hill: Building Strength for Women's Rights
- Ohio Organizes for Choice
- Wisconsin Tally In: We Win Again
Legislative Update
- Anti-Abortion Forces Suffer Legislative Defeat
- Abortion Issue on Ballot in November


Vol. 5, No. 1, Winter 1983
Editorial
- Learning to Rock the Boat
Features
- Women Weather Economic Storms
- Camping to Stop the Cruise
- Feminism in the Peace Movement
- The Pro-Family Left: Whose Family? Which Left?
- Last Stand for Custer's Revenge
International News
- March 8: A Tribute to Working Women
Network News
- "State" Tried for Crimes Against the People
- Jan. 22: Countering the Right-to-Life
- Ohio Defends Clinics Jan. 22
- R2N2: Five Years in the Making
Review
- History Comes Alive on "Rivington Street"
Etc...
- R2N2 Member Groups
- Back Issues of RRN Available
- Resource Page
- R2N2 Principles of Unity


Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1983
Editorial
- Lesbian Liberation: The Right to Choose
Features
- Fighting Racism: A Step Toward Lesbian Liberation
- An Interview: "Are You the Driver?"
Network News
- Denver Women Fighting for Survival
International News
- DES Contamination in Puerto Rico
Review
- Race, Class, and the Battered Women's Movement
- "La Operacion": Documenting Genocide
Etc...
R2N2 Member Groups
Resource Page
R2N2 Principles of Unity

Reproductive Rights National Network

Reproductive Rights National Network

1981-1983

6 newsletters; 16 to 24 pages each; black and white; text and images

English

BCRW Archives, R box 2, folder "Reproductive Rights Network"

Caribbean Immigrants and Housing in New York City

housing, immigration, race, politics, class, equality, poverty, African American, Latina/Latino, data

Discusses the involvement of immigrants in housing politics of the Manhattan Valley neighborhood, particularly the strenuous efforts made by residents of all ethnicities to restore dilapidated buildings, despite the challenges of New York City's "dual housing market."

DeWind, Josh

Presented at the Conference on "Hispanic Migration to New York City: Global Trends and Neighborhood Change," New York, December 4, 1981; Occasional Paper #30, New York Research Program in Inter-American Affairs, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University

1981

stapled sheets, with cover; 43 pages; black and white; text, tables, and map

English

BCRW archive, N box 13, folder "New York University (vol. I)"

Exporting Capital and Importing Labor: The Role of Caribbean Migration to New York City

labor, capitalism, economy, work, immigration, class, data

Discusses the strange coexistence of capital emigration (i.e. economic decline) and continued, even expanded, immigration in New York City. Argues that being a city from which capital tends to flee does not necessarily marginalize that city in a capitalist system; rather, it reconfigures the economic function of the city as a repository of permanent excess labor, ideally-suited to a class-segregated service economy. Immigration plays a crucial role in this process.

Sassen-Koob, Saskia

Presented at the Conference on "Hispanic Migration to New York City: Global Trends and Neighborhood Change," New York, December 4, 1981; Occasional Paper #28, New York Research Program in Inter-American Affairs, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University

1981

stapled sheets, with cover; 57 pages; black and white; text and tables

English

BCRW archive, N box 13, folder "New York University (vol. I)"