Womens

Museum of California Library & Archives

Descriptive Finding Guide for
SDSU Womens Studies Course Development, 1970-1990



Collection Overview:

Title: Womens Studies Course Development, 1970-1990

Number: AC-019
Location: Archive; Aisle C

Creator: unknown
Date Acquired: unknown
Head Archivist: Bonnie Domingos

Prepared by: Victoria Taormina

Processed on August 2013

Administrative Information:

Access Restrictions: None


Use Restrictions: None

Acquisition Resource: Unknown

Related Materials: SDSU Archives



Biographical Note:

The first Womens Studies program in the United States was founded in 1970
at San Diego State University. In the early days of the programs inception there was
a schism of ideologies regarding a grassroots community based program versus a
program based within a classical academic hierarchy. The two parties went their
separate ways regarding how the new program should be run. It is believed that this
collection came into our possession as a result of this split, although we do not have
a name to identify who the original collector was.

Transcription of SDSU Department of Womens Studies A 20year
Celebration pamphlet In the summer of 1969, students from the SDSU womens
liberation group, in cooperation with faculty and community women, formed an Ad
Hoc Committee for womens studies, collected signatures from over 600 students in
support of establishing a women studies program, and arranged for five classes to
be offered by regular faculty on a voluntary overload basis in the spring semester of
1970Finally in May of 1970, the University Senate approved a proposal for a
curriculum of eleven courses. The program (later department) began officially in the



fall of 1970. The instructors included students, faculty, from existing departments,
and one full-time Womens Studies instructor hired specifically for the program.

Scope and Contents of Material:

Series I
Collection of articles regarding the history of Womens Studies programs in
California. It features syllabi and course guides from actual womens studies classes
between 1970-1973 including articles and suggested reading materials. Series I
contains dissertations and theses from the Womens Studies program dated
between 1978-1993. We are assuming the dissertations are from SDSU students and
can be cross-referenced at San Diego State.

Series II
A collection of womens interests publications; including newspaper and
magazine articles of varying scope. This includes publications exclusively devoted to
womens issues as well as individual articles from the early 1990s pulled from
major publications like TIME Magazine, Los Angeles Times Newspaper and the
New York Times. These individual articles pertain to major issues still being
contested today such as Roe v Wade, HIV among young mothers in Africa and the
future of the womens movement.

Series III
A collection of newspaper and magazine articles specifically pertaining to
marriage and housewives. The majority of the articles examine deeper financial
issues of housewives. This includes the plight of housewives that have been
displaced from their role due to divorce or death and also various discussions about
giving a monetary value to the work that entails being a housewife. There is also a
large series of newspaper clippings devoted entirely to the nations first public
palimony case between Lee Marvin and his mistress between 1979 -1983.

Series VI
Contains publications that examine the social role of elderly women and
womens health, globally.

Series V

Miscellaneous newsletters from political organizations and government related
projects. There is also a large selection of the Womens International Network
News publication from the year 1979 through 1981.



Container List

Box and Folder Material:

Series I:
Articles regarding the History of Womens Studies Programs in California

Box 1
Folder 1 of 8: Articles on Global Womens Education and Literacy
Folder 2 of 8: Formal Request for Minor Program in Womens Studies at
CSUs
Folder 3 of 8: History of California Womens Studies Programs and Course
Guides 1970-1973
Folder 4 of 8: Articles and Notes from Womens Studies Program Coursework
Folder 5 of 8: Womens Thesis and Dissertations from SDSU, 1978-1993
Folder 6 of 8: Articles on Womens History in Military
Folder 7 of 8: Womens Studies Newsletter, 1973-1976
Folder 8 of 8: Documents From Political Organizations

Series II:
Newspaper Publications on Womens Movement and Interests

Box 1

Folder 9 of 31: SDSU Womens Studies Course guides

Folder 10 of 31: In These Times Newspaper, 1992

Folder 11 of 31: Womens Times Newspaper, 1992

Folder 12 of 31: Carolyn OToole Campaign Info, 1992
Folder 13 of 31: Los Angeles Times Newspaper - Africas Death Sentence,
1992
Folder 14 of 31: Unitarian Pamphlets
Folder 15 of 31: Planned Parenthood Volunteer Packet
Folder 16 of 31: The Communicator Newsletter, Moral Response to
Conquest, 1992
Folder 17 of 31: New York Times How To Get Womens Movement Moving
Again, 1985
Folder 18 of 31: Broomstick Magazine for Women over 40
Folder 19 of 31: Womens Political Times, 1992
Folder 20 of 31: May Our Circle Widen, Newsletter
Folder 21 of 31: Gay and Lesbian Times, 1992
Folder 22 of 31: Update Newsletter, 1992
Folder 23 of 31: The Daily Aztec, 1992
Folder 24 of 31: NOW National Times Newspaper, 1992
Folder 25 of 31: New Directions for Women Newspaper, 1992
Folder 26 of 31: Time Magazine Roe v Wade May 4, 1992

Box 2
Folder 27 of 31: Sojourner The Womens Forum Newspaper, 1992
Folder 28 of 31: Womens Interest Book Catalogues
Folder 29 of 31: Political and Feminist Movement Flyers
Folder 30 or 31: Misc. News Clippings
Folder 31 of 31: Misc. Papers

Series III:
Articles on Marriage and Housewives

Box 2

Folder 32 of 36: Newspaper Articles on Displaced Housewives, 1977- 1993
Folder 33 of 36: Newspaper Articles on Financial Value of Housewives, 1977-
1981
Folder 34 of 36: Newspaper Articles on Palimony Cases 1979-1983
Folder 35 of 36: Divorce and Military Alimony Cases, 1979
Folder 36 of 36: Adults Only Rental Ban in San Diego, 1980

Series IV:
Articles on Aging and Healthcare

Box 2

Folder 37 of 38: Articles on Aging and Older Women, 1981

Folder 38 of 38: Global Womens Healthcare, 1979-1980

Series V:
Political/Government Related Documents and Articles

Box 2

Folder 39 of 43: WHRP (Womens History Reclamation Project)

Folder 40 of 43: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1979

Folder 41 of 43: UNESCO, 1995 1996

Folder 42 of 43: Political Science Publications, 1975- 1988

Folder 43 of 43: Womens International Network News 1979 - 1981