Georgia State University. Women's Studies Institute
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Georgia State University Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies records
Collection
Identifier: W125
Abstract:
Founded in 1994, the Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) was realized after 20 years of dedicated struggle by a group of faculty committed to the project of establishing WGSS at Georgia State University. The founding director, Diane L. Fowlkes led the development of the Master of Arts program in 1995. The Institute's second director, Linda A. Bell, led the establishment of the Bachelor of Arts in 2003, enabling WGSS to offer an undergraduate major and minor. Today,...
Dates:
1984-2011; Majority of material found within 1992 - 2005
Found in:
Special Collections
Georgia State University, Office of the Advancement of Women records
Collection
Identifier: W073
Abstract
The mission of the Office of the Advancement of Women (A of W) at Georgia State University (GSU) is to enhance collective efforts to improve the status of women at GSU. Based in the Provost's Office, the A of W collaborates with GSU colleges, administrative departments, and local and national women's programs to identify needs, offer support, and develop opportunities for professional development of women faculty and administrators at the university. Its records are comprised of...
Dates:
1974-2005; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2005
Found in:
Special Collections
Linda A. Bell papers
Collection
Identifier: W063
Abstract:
Linda A. Bell, born in 1940, grew up in the Daytona, Florida area. Bell taught at Georgia State University from 1968 to 2004. The Linda A. Bell papers span Bell's 34-year career at Georgia State University as a professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies and document her teaching, administrative and research work.
Dates:
1962-2004
Found in:
Special Collections
Valerie Fennell papers
Collection
Identifier: W058
Abstract:
The Women's Studies Institute (WSI) was approved by the Georgia Board of Regents on July 14, 1994, and the Master of Arts degree in Women's Studies was approved on March 8, 1995. Valerie Fennell has long been an advocate for a Women's Studies program at GSU and to this end has taught classes, sat on various boards, and aided in publicizing the developing program. The Valerie Fennell papers document courses relating to women's issues taught in the 1970s through to the 1980s, when the Bachelor...
Dates:
1973-1998
Found in:
Special Collections
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