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Author Unknown 1977, Pitt Holds Women's Festival, New Pittsburgh Courier

Sponsored by Pitt's Women's Center, Pitt held a "Women's Cultural Festival" that was open to the public. This account details that the festival had…

Robinson, Mamie 1973, Women In Politics: 1000 Delegates Attend the GOP State Convention at Pittsburgh, Pa., Philadelphia Tribune

This account details the attendance of approximately one thousand women at the Pennsylvania Council of Republican Women. This article details…

Johnson, Sonya 1984, Women Unite For Political Strength, New Pittsburgh Courier

This article details the emergence of a new political organization known as the Black Women United for Political Justice. This source details some of…

Hood, Elizabeth F 1978, There's an Upsurge of Blacks in Women's Rights Ranks, New Pittsburgh Courier

This source is an account of an interview with 1978 President of the National Organization of Women (NOW) Eleanor Smeal. In this interview, Ms. Smeal…

International Adoptions Bring Emotional Baggage, Speaker Says, Snowbeck, Christopher, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2001

Mi Ok Song Bruining visits Pitt to discuss the issues, trauma, and advice she has surrounding international and interracial adoption. The visit to…

Tags: Marianne Novy, Women's Studies

Speak your Piece: Sex Education in Our Schools, https://www.proquest.com/docview/202586503/51878903A9404446PQ/1?accountid=14709, accessed Nov 4, 1974

The need for sex education in Pittsburgh schools teaches students about how to have safe sex, and what sex is. Presenting ideas about how they wish…

Feminism in the Fray: Academia Debates Value of Women's Studies, Block, Diana, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1994

An article debating the value of Women's Studies departments. Former Director of Women's Studies Marianne Novy comments.

Tags: Marianne Novy

60 in Arts, Sciences Faculty Ask Pitt Trustees to Resign, Carpenter, Mackenzie, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1991

List of 60 faculty members, including former Women's Studies Director Marianne Novy, calling for the board members that allowed former President…

Tags: Marianne Novy, Wesley W. Posvar

Harassment Accusations by Willey and Hill are Hauntingly Similar, Griffith, Pat, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1998

An article analyzing the difference between the sexual assault cases reported by Kathleen E. Willey and Anita Hill the former accusing president Bill…

Tags: Anita Hill

Women's Studies, Hear them Roar, Carpenter, Mackenzie, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1998

Historical newspaper article discussing the 25th anniversary of the University of Pittsburgh's Women's Studies Program.

Tags: Maurine Greenwald, Women's Studies