Conference Program (PDF, 456 KB) This year, as the women’s movement enters a new millennium, we consider the changing geography of feminist politics. In a world of shifting boundaries, where national, ethnic, cultural, and sexual markers are being constantly reimagined and redrawn, we need to consider retiring the model of a unified movement and, as philosopher … Read more
Conference Program (PDF, 456 KB) This year, as the women’s movement enters a new millennium, we consider the changing geography of feminist politics. In a world of shifting boundaries, where national, ethnic, cultural, and sexual markers are being constantly reimagined and redrawn, we need to consider retiring the model of a unified movement and, as philosopher … Read more
Conference Program (PDF, 120 KB) Morning Plenary Session Single-Sex Schooling: A Valuable Tool?Opening Remarks: Judith Shapiro, President, Barnard CollegeModerator: Augusta Souza Kappner, President, Bank Street CollegeSusan Bailey, Director, Wellesley Center for Research on WomenJeanne Brooks-Gunn, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development, Teachers CollegeDiane Hulse, Middle School Head, The Collegiate SchoolHeather Johnson Nicholson, Director, National Resource Center, … Read more
Conference Program (PDF, 456 KB) Morning Plenaries Representations of Women in FilmJami Bernard, Film Critic, The New York Daily NewsDaphne Merkin, Film Critic, The New YorkerSuzanna Danuta Walters, Department of Sociology, Georgetown UniversityPatricia White, Film Studies, Swarthmore College and Programming Committee, NY Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Afternoon “Breakout” Sessions (Regrettably, panels 6 (Latina Representations) and 9 (Russian … Read more
Conference Program (PDF, 384 KB) Welcoming Remarks Judith Shapiro, President, Barnard College Introduction Leslie J. Calman, Director, Barnard Center for Research on Women Morning Plenary A Feminist Response to the Family Values DebateBonnie Thornton Dill, Professor of Women’s Studies, University of Maryland, College Park and co-editor of Women of Color in US Society (Temple, 1994)Paula Ettelbrick, Empire State … Read more
Conference Program (PDF, 360 KB) Morning Session Welcoming Remarks:Flora S. Davidson, Acting Dean of the Faculty, Barnard CollegeIntroduction:Leslie Calman, Director, Barnard Center for Research on Women Morning Plenaries Growing Up FemaleJeanne Brooks-Gunn, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor and Director, Adolescent Studies Program, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityZella Luria, Professor, Department of Psychology and American Studies, Tufts UniversityPeggy … Read more
Conference Program (PDF, 328 KB) Morning Session Welcoming Remarks:Kathryn J. Rodgers, Acting President, Barnard CollegeIntroduction:Leslie Calman, Director, Barnard Center for Research on Women Morning Plenaries Women, Work, and Family in a Changing EconomyDelores L. Crockett, Acting Deputy Director, US Department of Labor Women’s BureauFran Sussner Rodgers, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Work/Family Directions, Inc.Sheila Wellington, President, … Read more
Conference Program (PDF, 324 KB) Morning Session Welcoming Remarks:Ellen V. Futter, President, Barnard CollegeIntroduction:Leslie J. Calman, Director, Barnard Center for Research on Women Morning Plenaries Marie C. Willson, President, Ms. Foundation for WomenEleanor Smeal, President, Fund for the Feminist MajorityFaye Wattleton, Former President, Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaProf. Catharine R. Stimpson, Rutgers UniversityTanya Melich, President, Political … Read more
Conference Program (PDF, 260 KB) Morning Session Welcoming Remarks:Temma Kaplan, Director of the Barnard Center for Research on WomenConference Opening:Women, War, and the EnvironmentBella S. Abzug, Co-chair of the Women’s Foreign Policy council and Co-chair of the International Policy Action Committee on Environment and DevelopmentEcofeminism: A Politics of ConnectionYnestra King, Eugene Lang College, The New School … Read more
Conference Program (PDF, 220 KB) Morning Session Welcoming RemarksEllen V. Futter, President of Barnard CollegeConference Opening:Temma Kaplan, Director of the Barnard Center for Research on WomenKeynote Addresses:Prospects for Race and Gender Relations in New YorkRuth Messinger, Manhattan Borough PresidentRacism in the AcademyHazel Carby, Critic, Yale University Morning Plenaries Dominating Women Through ReproductionJoan Bertin, Associate Director of … Read more
