"Introduction: The First Decade of Women's Studies"
Journal article
By: Florence Howe
Date: 1979
Source: Howe, Florence. "Introduction: The First Decade of Women's Studies." Harvard Educational Review 49, no. 4, November 1979, 413–421.
About the Author: Florence Howe (1929–) has been an advocate for women's voices and for educational and social reform. She served as the President of the Modern Language Association in 1973. In 1970, Howe founded the Feminist Press, a non-profit publisher and the oldest press dedicated to works by and about women.
Introduction
Following a decade of the Civil Rights Movement and the Women's Movement, women's studies programs and courses began appearing in colleges across the country. This demand for courses in women's studies matched the demand for courses in other specialty areas. The 1970s was an era of progress for curricular change and development in women's studies....
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1970's Education Primary Sources
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