University of Chicago. Committee of the Council of the University Senate. Committee on University Women. Records 1969-1978

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University of Chicago. Committee of the Council of the University Senate. Committee on University Women. Records 1969-1978

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The Committee on University Women (COUW or CUW) was established in 1969 to investigate "the status and opportunities open to academic women" at the University of Chicago. It was an appointed subcommittee of the Committee of the Council of the University Senate. This collection covers the chairmanships of Bernice Neugarten (1969-1970), Erica Reiner (1970-1974), and Janice Spofford (1974-1978). Materials include clippings, correspondence, statistical data, interviews and questionnaires, memoranda, publications, and reports.

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Spofford, Janice

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Reiner, Erica, 1924-2005

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Neugarten, Bernice L., 1916-2001

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University of Chicago. Committee of the Council of the University Senate. Committee on University Women

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The Committee on University Women was appointed in 1969 to investigate "the status and opportunities open to academic women" on the University of Chicago campus. A subcommittee of the Committee of the Council of the University Senate, the COUW (also known as CUW) was established in response to controversy over the Department of Sociology's refusal to renew the contract of Assistant Professor Marlene Dixon. Students claiming Dixon's politics and gender had prevented her r...