Projects
- Special Exhibit: “On Equal Terms”
Experiences of Women at the University of Chicago -
The Center for Gender Studies will mount the exhibit "On Equal Terms": Experiences of Women at the University of Chicago in Special Collections at the Regenstein Library in the Spring of 2009. Women have very different stories to tell about the experiments in co-education and faculty diversification; the experience of the classroom, the laboratory, the dorm, and the streets of Hyde Park; the problems of mentorship, intellectual community, and career advancement; the opportunities for political action and community involvement, for friendship, romance, and sexual experimentation.
Over the past three years, some of our best undergraduates have collaborated to take and transcribe 71 oral histories from alumni, faculty, and staff from 1935 to the present day. This past Spring two graduate students produced a finding guide on the history of women culled from the Regenstein's impressive holdings on the history of the college. These documents are available to the public:
A Guide for Researchers in the Archives
Keyword Finding Aid
The project will culminate with an undergraduate class, special presentations by invited guests, and the exhibit at Special Collections. The multimedia exhibit will include both archival material and oral histories collected from University of Chicago alumnae. You can hear excerpts from some of these oral histories below.
Nancy Warner (BA, MD 1940-1949) on medical school admissions.
Interviewed by Lisa Furchtgott on August 2, 2006.
Joanne Spencer Kantrowitz (MA, PhD 1956-1962) on housewives in Hyde Park.
Interviewed by Cindy Nguyen on November 3, 2006.
Jean Walbridge (AB 1961-1964) on politics at the University of Chicago.
Interviewed by Nissa Thompson on September 28, 2005.
Veronica Drake (BA, 1981-1985) on protesting apartheid.
Interviewed by Sulin Carling, August 15, 2005.
Deanna Bennett (BA, 1963-1967) on employment discrimination.
Interviewed by Sulin Carling, August 10, 2005.
Robin Kaufman (BA, 1961-1965) on dormitory rules.
Interviewed by Lisa Furchtgott and Cindy Nguyen, July 14, 2006.
For more information, or if you would like to contribute materials to the exhibit, please contact the History of Women Project, 773.702.2365 or genderstudies@listhost.uchicago.edu.
- Lesbian & Gay Studies Project (LGSP)
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The LESBIAN & GAY STUDIES PROJECT (LGSP), an integral part of the Center for Gender Studies, coordinates graduate and undergraduate courses, provides research grants and dissertation-year fellowships to graduate students, co-sponsors the bi-weekly Gender & Sexuality Studies Workshop, and organizes research projects and conferences.
For more information, visit the Lesbian & Gay Studies Project website.