Cussler, Margaret Thekla, 1911-
Sociologist (Radcliffe College, A.M., 1941, Ph.D., 1943), Cussler joined the University of Maryland as an instructor in 1947, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1962, and filed a sex discrimination suit against the University in 1972 on the grounds of inequitable treatment in salary, promotion, teaching assignments, and support for outside research. This unsuccessful sex discrimination case, the first to go to jury trial, was concluded in 1979.
From the description of Papers, 1957-1977 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006553
Sociologist (Radcliffe College, A.M., 1941, Ph.D., 1943), Cussler joined the University of Maryland as an instructor in 1947, was promoted to associate professor in 1962, and filed a sex discrimination suit against the university in 1972 on the grounds of inequitable treatment in salary, promotion, teaching assignments, and support for outside research. This unsuccessful sex discrimination case, the first to go to jury trial, was concluded in 1979. Cussler died in 1987.
From the description of Papers. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008100
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| creatorOf | Cussler, Margaret Thekla, 1911-. Papers. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Cussler, Margaret Thekla, 1911-. Papers, 1957-1977 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Records, 1967-1990 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Records of the Women's Equity Action League, 1966-1979 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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| associatedWith | Radcliffe College | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Roberts, Sylvia. | person |
| associatedWith | Rossi, Alice S., 1922-2009. | person |
| associatedWith | Rossi, Peter Henry, 1921- | person |
| associatedWith | Sandler, Bernice Resnick. | person |
| associatedWith | Sociologists for Women in Society (U.S.). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of Maryland. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Women's Equity Action League. | corporateBody |
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Birth 1911
