Collection : of the papers of Ruth Bleier, 1945-1988.

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Lear, Walter J. (Walter Jay), 1923-. Collection : of the papers of Ruth Bleier, 1945-1988.

Collection : of the papers of Ruth Bleier, 1945-1988.

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The papers of Ruth Bleier, including personal and professional letters; newspaper clippings; newsletters; professional writings; and reference materials, documenting Bleier's academic and activist activities. She earned a medical degree from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1949 and later became an important influence in the study of neuroanatomy as well as in the field of women's studies. Her activism spanned four decades and multiple causes, ranging from protesting the Korean War and nuclear weapons to women's rights. She was identified as a possible threat during the McCarthy era for her role as the chairman of the Maryland Committee for Peace, and was subpoenaed to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951. The incident caused her to lose her bid for entry into the Baltimore Medical Society. After joining the University of Wisconsin's department of neurophysiology in 1967, Bleier became an active agitator for women's rights within the University of Wisconsin and academia in general. Her involvement in the feminist movement led her to help found the women's studies program at the University of Wisconsin, where she remained actively involved while still pursuing research in the neurosciences. She died in 1988.

3 boxes.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library