The Scholar and the Feminist VII:
Class, Race, and Sex-exploring Contradictions, Affirming Connections – April 12, 1980

Conference Program (PDF, 348 KB)

Morning Session

Welcoming Remarks
Jacquelyn Anderson Mattfeld, President, Barnard College
On the Hem of Life: Race, Class, and the Prospects for Sisterhood
Bonnie Thornton Dill, Memphis State University
Class Divisions in Women’s Productive and Reproductive Lives
Rosalind Petchesky, Ramapo College
Embracing Deviance and Redefining the Norm
Betty Powell, CUNY-Brooklyn College

Moderator: Amy Swerdlow, Rutgers University

Afternoon Workshops

1. Difference, Domination, and Community in the Women’s Movement
   Nancy Hartsock, The Johns Hopkins University
2. Women in Prison: A Sociological and Political Perspective
   Regina Arnold, Sarah Lawrence College
   Frances Borden Hubbard, Sophie Davis School of Bio-Medical Education, City College, CUNY
3. Cycle: The Psychological, Physical, and Social Experience of Menstruation
   [Performance and workshop funded by the Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS)]
   Blondell Cummings, Madeline Keller, and several other members of the Cycle Arts Foundation
4. Class and Race Issues in Women’s Studies
   Florence Howe, SUNY-Old Westbury; The Feminist Press
   Angela Jorge, SUNY-Old Westbury
5. Sexual Politics and Afro-American Feminism: A Critique of Michele Wallace’s Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
   Maxine Bailey, Jobs for Youth, Inc.
6. Confronting Age Barriers Among Women
   Beth B. Hess, County College of Morris
7. Female Sexual Empowerment: Defining the Erotic from Our Personal Experience
   Frances Doughty, National Gay Task Force
8. A Historical Perspective on Feminism and Class Conflict
   Renate Bridenthal, CUNY-Brooklyn College
9. Modernization or Accumulation: Boserup Revisited
   Lourdes Beneria, Livingston College, Rutgers University
   Gita Sen, The New School for Social Research
10. Making Connections: A Workshop in Movement and Improvisation
    Barbara Annsdater, Gail Bederman, Catherine Franke, Helene Marshal, Twila Thompson-Women’s Collage Theatre
11. Feminists’ Movements Against Prostitution, Pornography, and “Male Vice”; A Historical Review
    Judith R. Walkowitz, Rutgers University
12. The Boiling Pot: Race/Class/Ethnic Conflict in Housework
    Bettina Berch, Barnard College
    Carolyn Reed, National Committee on Household Employment
13. Reclaiming Lesbian Herstory: A Slide Show and Discussion
    Members of the Lesbian Herstory Archives
14. Women and the Church: Two Studies
    Black and White Women in the Baptist Church, 1870-1900
    Evelyn Brooks Barnett, W.E.B DuBois Institute, Harvard University
    Women Activists in Radical Sects in 17th Century England
    Phyllis Mack, Livingston College, Rutgers University
15. Perspectives on the Black and Hispanic Family
    Nancy Boyd, Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Elain Soto, Lincoln Community Mental Health Center
16. Feminism, the Family, and the New Right
    Rhonda Copelon, Center for Constitutional Rights; Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse (CARASA)
    Jan Rosenberg, SUNY-Empire State

Summary Session

Diane Harriford, SUNY-Stony Brook, Catherine R. Stimpson, Barnard College, and Conference Participants

Academic Coordinator

Amy Swerdlow

Planning Committee

Bettina Berch, Roberta Bernstein, Lila Braine, Julie Doron, Frances Doughty, Hester Eisenstein, Irene Finel-Honigman, Catherine Franke, Susanne Gordon, Diane Harriford, Elaine Hughes, Angela Jorge, Diane Levitt, Sherry Manasse, Cynthia Novack, Barbara Omolade, Ellen Pollak, Carolyn Reed, Susan R. Sacks, Ellen Silber, Maxine Silverman, Philippa Strum, Angela Wilson, Kathryn B. Yatrakis

Conference Coordinators, Women’s Center

Jane S. Gould, Christina Greene, Janie Kritzman