Past Conferences

THE SCHOLAR AND THE FEMINIST IV:
CONNECTING THEORY, PRACTICE, AND VALUES
April 23, 1977
Conference Program (PDF, 332 KB)

Morning Session

Welcoming Remarks
Jacquelyn Anderson Mattfeld, President, Barnard College
Social Implications of the Scientific Study of Sex
Diana Long Hall, Boston University and Radcliffe Institute
Is Traditional Scholarship Value Free? Toward a Critical Theory
Mary E. Payer, Columbia University

Discussant: Elizabeth Minnich, Barnard College
Moderator: Mary Brown Parlee, Barnard College

Afternoon Workshops

1. Patriarchy as Paradigm: The Challenge from Feminist Scholarship
   Judith Long Laws, Cornell University
2. Androcentrism in Biology
   Ruth Hubbard, Harvard University
3. Sexism and Social Policy Issues in Urban Planning and Architecture
   Jackie Leavitt, Columbia University, School of Architecture and Urban Planning
4. Surviving as a Feminist Scholar Outside the Academy
   Cynthia Secor, HERS, Mid-Atlantic and University of Pennsylvania
5. Women's Culture/Male Philosophy/Human Thought: What Is the Question?
   Sara Ruddick, New School for Social Research
6. The Problems in Demystifying Women's Healthcare
   Sally Guttmacher, Columbia University, School of Public Health
7. Making Feminist Scholarship More Accessible
   Nancy Henley, University of Lowell
8. Taking Our Lives Seriously: Everyday Experience as a Source of Feminist Social Theory
   Pamela Fishman, New York City
   Linda Marks, New York City
9. The Need for A Feminist Literary Theory
   Elaine Showalter, Douglass College, Rutgers University
10. Medical Ethics and Sterilization
    Helen Rodriguez-Trias, Lincoln Hospital
11. Alternate Structures and a Utopian Proposal for an Institute for Advanced Feminist Studies
    Gerda Lerner, Sarah Lawrence College
12. Transsexualism-The Ultimate Homage to Sex Role Power
    Janice Raymond, Five College Faculty-Amherst, Massachusetts
13. Practical Theory and Working with Feminist Presses
    Charlotte Bunch, Institute for Policy Studies and Quest
14. Sagaris and the Politics of Feminist Studies
    Joan Peters, Douglass College, Rutgers University
15. Linkage Between Racism and Sexism
    Jane Galvin Lewis, Social Change Advocates

Academic Coordinator
Mary Brown Parlee
Planning Committee
Hester Eisenstein, Emily Heilbrun, Linda Marks, Nancy Miller, Mary E. Payer, Joan Peters, Susan R. Sacks, Maria von Salisch
Conference Coordinators, Women's Center
Jane S. Gould, Ellen McManus

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