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The Genes and Gender Collective was formed in 1977. Members included faculty, students, and researchers in fields as diverse as literature, anthropology, biology, psychology, physiology, medicine, and women's studies, who were concerned with how theories of genetic determinism were used to promote racism and sexism.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Tobach, Ethel, 1921-....

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Genes and Gender Conference

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Hellman, Lillian, 1906-

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On January 29, 1977, 350 women from scientific institutions and neighborhood organizations met at the American Museum of Natural History in New York to discuss the increasingly prevalent theories of genetic determinism and sociobiology. (These theories argued that human traits and behavior were determined solely by our genes, making efforts to change behavior or moral nature pointless.) At this meeting, it was determined that further discussions on this topic would be welcome and the Genes and G...

Hubbard, Ruth, 1924-....

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Biologist and feminist Ruth Hubbard was born in Vienna, Austria. In 1938 her family emigrated to the United States. She graduated from Radcliffe College (A.B. 1944, Ph. D. 1950), and served at Harvard University as a research fellow (beginning in 1953), research associate (beginning in 1958), lecturer (beginning in 1968), and as professor (from 1974 until her retirement in 1990). She was the first woman to be awarded a tenured biology professorship at Harvard. Known for her work in the biochemis...