Papers, 1957-1977

American Association of University Professors

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The national chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was organized in 1915 to advance academic freedom, shared governance and to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education. The first meeting of the AAUP at Central Washington University was held on October 14, 1954. Regular monthly meetings were held during the academic year to address faculty concerns with administrative decision-making and participative governance. Central Washington Un...

Sandler, Bernice Resnick, 1928-2019

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Bernice Resnick Sandler (March 3, 1928 – January 5, 2019) was an American women's rights activist born in New York. Sandler is best known for being instrumental in the creation of Title IX, a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972, in conjunction with Representatives Edith Green (D-OR) and Patsy Mink (D-HI) and Senator Birch Bayh (D-IN) in the 1970s. She has been called "the Godmother of Title IX" by The New York Times. Sandler wrote extensively about sexual and peer harassment towards w...

Women's Equity Action League

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WEAL was founded in 1968 by a group of professional women, mostly lawyers, in Cleveland, Ohio, who originally hoped to begin a NOW (National Organization for Women) chapter. Realizing NOW's agenda would not garner widespread support in Cleveland, they began their own group and limited their concerns to education, legislation, and the economic rights of women. WEAL challenged sex discrimination on college campuses, in the military, and in the work place. The WEAL Fund was established in 1972 as t...

Association of Women in Science.

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Rossi, Alice S., 1922-2009

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Sociologist and feminist Alice S. Rossi graduated from Brooklyn College (B.A. 1947) and Columbia University (Ph. D. 1957). A founder and board member of the National Organization for Women (1966-1970), Rossi also served as president of the American Sociological Association (1982-1983). She was editor (with Ann Calderwood) of Academic Women on the Move (1973) and of The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir (1973), two very early and influential works in the field of women's history. The aut...

Sociologists for Women in Society (U.S.)

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The Society which grew out of the Women's Caucus of the American Sociological Association, was organized in 1971 to promote professional opportunities for women in sociology, provide job market services, explore the contributions of sociology to the humanization of sex roles, and serve as guardian for women in the ASA. From the description of Records, 1971-2003 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006853 Sociologists for Women in Society grew out of a wo...

American sociological association

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The American Sociological Society organized in 1905, incorporated in 1943, established a central office in 1949, and changed its name to the American Sociological Association in the next decade. With increased membership in the 1950s and 1960s, it published several journals, created sections and committees to carry out its mission, and took a stance on politics of the day. In the following decades, it expanded its initiatives in teaching and community service. From the description of...

Rossi, Peter

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Roberts, Sylvia

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Margaret Thekla Cussler

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MTC, sociologist, Radcliffe AM 1941, Ph.D 1943, joined the University of Maryland as an Instructor in 1947 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1962. In 1972, MTC filed suit against the University of Maryland for alleged sex discrimination on the grounds of inequitable treatment as to salary, promotion, teaching assignments and support for outside research. (For full chronology of MTC's grievances and background to the case, see folder #34). Although suit was filed in April, 1...