Revenge of the women's studies professor

• Main Author: Morris, Bonnie J., 1961-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.
• Subjects: Women's studies > United States.; Feminism and higher education > United States.; Feminism and higher education.; Women''s studies.; Women's studies.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.; Electronic books.
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A humorous, hard-hitting look behind the scenes of academic sexism.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : so, what do you do for a living?
• Scene one, 1973 : my first women's studies class
• Scene two, 1983 : you're getting a Ph. D. in what?
• Scene three, 1986 : exams and evaluations
• Scene four, 1987 : can I talk to you in private?
• Scene five, 1989 : do we have to have so much women's history?
• Scene six, 1990 : driving a U-haul to Harvard
• Scene seven, 1992 : fear of the word woman
• Scene eight, 1993 : teaching where hell freezes over
• Scene nine, 1993 : women studies goes global
• Scene ten, 1995 : educating President Clinton
• Conclusion : mainstreaming women's studies in America.