1970-1979

Voices of Today's Woman Seminar Held in 1972
Voices of Today's Woman Seminar Booklet Cover

In 1972 on October 5, 6 and 8, Dickinson held a seminar on women in
coordination with the Bicentennial Homecoming the same weekend.  The
seminar was "designed to examine the political, educational, legal, and
social conditions in our society which sometimes tend to reduce women's
participation as full partners with men in many aspects of life."  It was the first seminar on women ever held at Dickinson
and included a play by the Mermaid Players, speeches, workshops and
exhibits.  C. Delores Tucker, Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, was the major speaker. 

Date: October 5-8, 1972
All terms: 1970-1979, Admissions, Affirmative action, Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Boyd Lee Spahr Library, Counseling services, Equal Rights Amendment, Firsts, Health services, Holland Union Building, Jaffe, Legislation, Lorna S., Mary Dickinson Club, Mermaid Players, Polen, Esther, Raffensperger, Mary Ames, Raymond, Janice, Religion and spirituality, Seminar, Sexual behavior, Sexual orientation, Social codes/rules, Social Hall, Tucker, C. DeLores, Vogel, Susan Raymond, Voices of Today's Woman Seminar, Voices of Today's Woman Steering Committee
Crossroads for Women Seminar
Seminar Pamphlet

In June of 1976, Dickinson's Continuing Education Program, in cooperation
with the Department of Communications and Development, held a one day
seminar addressing estate planning, wills, the equal rights amendment,
joint tenancy, divorce and separation, and career placement, which
included seminars led by Jane Alexander, Bonnie Douglass Menaker and
John Munschauer.

Date: June 16, 1976
All terms: 1970-1979, Alexander, Jane M. L., Continuing Education Program, Equal Rights Amendment, Holland Union Building, Menaker, Bonnie Douglass, Munschauer, John L., Seminar
Your Health: Matter of Life and Death!
Your Health: A Matter of Life and Death!

Brochure for a mini-week program entitled "Your Health: A Matter of Life and Death!" that runs from January 30th to February 1st.  Sessions include "Improving Institutional Foods" (moderated by Priscilla Laws), "Depression/Stress and You" (Mary Ellen Rich), "Transitions--How to Deal with Loss" (James Rimmer), "Exercise and Physical Fitness" (Sandra Stitt and David Watkins), "Are You What You Eat?" (moderated by Silvine Marbury), "Your Sexuality, and Your Physical and Emotional Health" (Barbara Chaapel and John S.

Date: January 1978
All terms: 1970-1979, Chaapel, Barbara, DiNapoli, Joan, Health and hygiene, Kappler, Myra, Laws, Priscilla, Marbury, Silvine, Office of Student Services, Reist, John S., Rich, Mary Ellen, Rimmer, James, Stitt, Sandra, Watkins, David, Women's Resource Center
Women's Resource Center Newsletter, Vol. 1, No, 4
WRC Newsletter, 1978

The fourth newsletter of the Women's Resource Center.  The articles in this issue summarize the talks given during the Mini-Week series "Your Health: A Matter of Life and Death!" that they co-sponsored with the Office of Student Services.  Articles include "Campus Food Consciousness," "Depression and Stress: A Growth Process," "Death and Dying: How We Cope," "Physical Fitness and Awareness," "The Mini-Week: A Wealth of Knowledge," "Chaplain Reist on Sexuality," "Food Fiction," and "Too Sweet?" as well as a comment by Martha Aleo on the Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) and their

Date: circa February 1978
All terms: 1970-1979, Aleo, Martha, Health and hygiene, Office of Student Services, Reist, John S., Women's Resource Center
Women's Resource Center Newsletter, Vol. 1, No, 1
Women's Resource Center Newsletter, Vol. 1, No, 1

The first newsletter of the "revived" Women's Resource Center.  Includes articles by Jocelyn Daniels ("Protecting Ourselves Against Rape"), Ellen Palzer ("Assert Yourself!"), and Elizabeth Pincus ("Interesting Women in History - Zatae Longsdorff (Straw): First Woman Student at Dickinson").

Date: October 11, 1977
All terms: 1970-1979, Daniels, Jocelyn, Longsdorff, Zatae, Palzer, Ellen, Pincus, Elizabeth, Women's Resource Center
Invitation to a WRC Celebration of Anya Cherkasova's Birthday
WRC Invitation

The Women's Resource Center holds a party commerating Anya Cherkasova's 75th birthday.  Cherkasova was the first woman to walk across the United States.

Date: November 30, 1979
All terms: 1970-1979, Cherkasova, Anya, Drayer Lounge, Women's Resource Center
Patsy Hitchens Shaver (Class of 1964) First Woman Inducted into Sports Hall of Fame
First Woman Inducted into Hall of Fame

Patsy Hitchens Shaver (Class of 1964) became the first woman inducted into the Dickinson College Sports Hall of Fame on February 18, 1978.  Whille a student, she played tennis for four years, field hockey for three years, and was a member of the cheerleading squad for four years.  Her tennis singles record was 22-2, and her doubles record was 16-1. 

Date: February 18, 1978
All terms: 1970-1979, Cheerleaders, Field Hockey, Firsts, Hall of Fame, Shaver, Patsy Hitchens, Tennis
Social Opinion Survey of the Women's Group
Social Opinion Survey

The newly-formed Women's Group issued the "Social Opinion Survey" in the hopes of learning "the opinions of students concerning the social atmosphere, the academic situation, and housing" as well as "the relationships between the sexes." The Group claimed to be issuing the survey in conjunction with Dean Mary Francis Carson. Some examples of questions in the survey include:
All other things being equal, would you prefer your present dorm to be coed in some form?
Do you feel there is a set standard or pattern for relationships with the opposite sex at Dickinson?

Date: 1971-72
All terms: 1970-1979, Administration, Carson, Mary F., Dean of Women, Social codes/rules, Social Opinion Survey, Women's Group, Women's rights movement
Umoja Staff, 1973
Photo

This photo depicts the staff of Umoja, a publication printed by the Congress of African Students.

Date: 1973
All terms: 1970-1979, Diversity, Literary Publications, Umoja, Women of color
Women Enter the ROTC Program, circa1970
Photo

Carole Litrides, Class of 1971, Little Colonel of the Pershing Rifles.

Date: circa 1970
All terms: 1970-1979, Litrides, Carol, Pershing Rifles, Women in the Military