Important Members
Gail Hornstein was a very active student at Pitt during the early 70s committed to fighting the societal structures that left women with no sense of purpose.
Gail became very interested in psychology and made that the focus of her studies at Pitt. Along with being a member of the ACWO she also co-founded the Pittsburgh Women's Liberation which she saw as an avenue to end the systematic oppression of women.
With the ACWO and her other women-centered oganizations she improved the University's health services for women and spoke at many panels surrounding women's liberation on and off campus.
Marcia Landy, associate professor of English at Pitt, played an important role in the ACWO as a faculty member in the 70s.
Landy spoke at many events, including the Women's Cultural Festival where she spoke on Women at Pitt and their need for a Women's Studies program.
She was the chief advocate of the proposal for the program and believed the purpose of university was to help women explore and answer questions about their biology, psychology, language, and place in society.
Once the Women's Studies program was passed, Landy conducted discussions on subjects concerning women every Monday in the Cathedral of Learning during the first year of its existence.
Many of her lectures concerned the writings of classic epic writers. She touched on the role of women and raised the question of: "Why are there no women epic writers if this art form was an integral part of society?".