2009 Guide to Women's Studies

From Deborah Siegel's blog (girlwpen.com) on May 4, 2009 The Spring 2009 issue of Ms.– just about to hit the newsstands if not already there– features an article I wrote on the history and funding of women's studies programs for the special Ms. “2009 Guide to Women's Studies.” The first in a planned annual series, the guide'done in collaboration with the National Women's Studies Association'provides details on 196 undergraduate and 47 post-graduate women's studies programs, with data on additional undergraduate programs here and here. Very cool tool for promoting women's studies as a college major. And the best part was that I had another reason to call up Mariam Chamberlain, founding president of the National Council for Research on Women, who was at the Ford Foundation when women's studies began. Mariam–who just celebrated her 91st birthday, in great style–was responsible for funding women's studies research from the get go, and for many reasons, I owe her a ton.