Mermaid Players

Voices of Today's Woman Seminar Held in 1972
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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
Administrators explain and complain about gender barriers and sexism

In this Dickininsonian article from March 1992, the issue of percieved gender roles for professors and staff at the College is discussed. The need for not just more women professors but women professors across all academic disciplines is addressed.

Date: March 5, 1992
All terms: 1990-1999, Administration, Administration, Affirmative action, Allan, George, Arndt, Charles, Borre, Kristin, Donaldson, Mara, Faculty, Farrell, Amy, Female Faculty, Mermaid Players, Paul, Amy, President's Commission on the Status of Women, Social and Academic Affairs Committee
President's Council Minutes: Cut Classes, MP Late Permissions, Dress and Drugs
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During the Presidents' Council (Women's Interdormitory Council) meeting of November 15, 1961, the Council discussed a variety of topics including women excusing missed classes with illness and then going out, "late permissions" for women Mermaid Players working on productions, "appropriate" dress for campus functions, and prescription drug sharing:"Sickness and Illness Excuses: Presidents' Council discussed the problem of girls receiving illness  excuses from a house director to cut classes during the day and then going out that night. It was 

Date: November 15, 1961
All terms: 1960-1969, Brubaker, David, Conser, Ann, Curfews, Dean of Women, Dean of Women's Office, Dress codes, Drugs, Health and hygiene, House mothers, Mermaid Players, President's Council, Residence halls, Student resident advisors, Wishmeyer, Barbara, Women's Interdormitory Council
"A History of Women at Dickinson"
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The pivotal events of the Vietnam War, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. as well as that of Robert Kennedy, was the foreground to the world events that welcomed the lives of Dickinson students during the decade of the 1960's. Having been an era of social, sexual and civil revolution, did not hinder the development and the rise of women as leaders on this campus. On the contrary the grand majority of women surveyed by Martha C.

Date: March 16, 1979
All terms: 1970-1979, Aarons, Karen E., Alpha Delta Epsilon, Aquacade, Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Assassination of Robert Kennedy, Berlin Wall Built, Civil Rights Movement, Dickinsonian, Ecker, Carolyn S., Erlandson, Jane Jackson, Fenten, Lorraine H., Freedom Riders, Greenberg, Jeri Y., Hayes, Maureen Newton, Herrold, Janice M., Hillel Council, Joss, Lyn H., Maletz, Barbara J., Mermaid Players, Microcosm, Nixon/Kennedy Debates, Page, Lois, Phi Mu, Pi Beta Phi, Pi Delta Epsilon, Red and White Basketball Team, Six Day War, Slotten, Martha, Space Flights, Student Religious Affair Council, Vietnam War, Wheel and Chain, Women as Leaders Survey - 1960's (Slotten)