(I)PFW WOST @ 50: Herstory in Progress: The Fiftieth Anniversary of Women’s Studies at (I)PFWMain MenuWelcome to WOST @ 50!Herstory Under Construction: Fifty Years of Women's Studies at (Indiana University) Purdue University Fort WayneTable of ContentsTable of ContentsProgram OverviewTimeline of Women’s StudiesTimelineFocus on Leadership: Program DirectorsBiographiesStudent Achievement: Awards and ScholarshipsEvents and Speakers: The Community of Knowledge Supporting WOSTEventsCommunity Engagement: WOST in Fort WayneThe WOST Communit(ies) Tell Their Stories: Include Yours in the Living ArchiveTestimonials from students, faculty, alumni and collaboratorsAcknowledgements and AppreciationMany Thanks to Everyone Who Helped Make this Living Archive PossiblePFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
12023-02-26T08:39:38-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Creation of the In Her Image Newsletter9One of the first successes for Fort Wayne Feminists, the newsletter would become a staple of news and information in the FWF community for the next 26 years.plain2023-03-21T06:18:15-07:00197201/01/1972PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/Womens studies invites.jpg2023-02-20T19:56:51-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221First Women's Studies Class in Fort Wayne8The first women's studies class, "FEMINISM: HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY" is offered through the Fort Wayne Folk School ("free school").plain2023-03-08T11:02:56-08:0019711971PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/Fort Wayne Womens Bureau_thumb.jpg2023-02-22T19:04:30-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Fort Wayne Womens Bureau Memo: Women's Work 1930-19806Announcement of Women's Week program for the week of April 25th 1981.media/Fort Wayne Womens Bureau.jpgplain2023-03-21T06:22:05-07:00198103/13/1981PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/52673595238_a6d9ceaa30_c_thumb.jpg2023-02-26T08:22:49-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Course Offerings Spring 19826Course Offerings Spring 1982media/52673595238_a6d9ceaa30_c.jpgplain2023-03-21T06:22:57-07:00198201/15/1982PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/52695529103_2a1f4fc280_w_thumb.jpg2023-02-26T13:47:29-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Course Offerings Spring 20066Course Offerings Spring 2006media/52695529103_2a1f4fc280_w.jpgplain2023-03-21T06:25:20-07:00200601/15/2006PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/Fat is a Feminist Issue Event_thumb.jpg2023-02-23T08:04:07-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Fat is a Feminist Issue Event5Women's Studies Community Discussion: What is the relationship between women and their bodies? Featuring speakers Jane Silva and Charlotte Salinger.media/Fat is a Feminist Issue Event.jpgplain2023-03-21T06:30:58-07:00198310/24/1983PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/IPFW_logo.pngmedia/IPFW_logo.png2023-02-26T14:26:15-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Women's Studies Becomes a Minor5IPFW officially offers Women's Studies as a degree minor for the first timeplain2023-02-26T14:30:47-08:001976PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
12023-02-26T08:42:57-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221FWF Form Consciousness Raising Groups5FWF organize Consciousness Raising groups. Miki Kepes coordinates the groups, and participants include Harriet Miller, Judith Gordon, Judy Schultz, Marge Bailey, Sue Held, Barbara Bugg, Rosemarie Bostelman, Donna DItton, Dee Marquart, M. Zunt Sullivan, Mary Quinn, Alice Scott, and Joan Daley Uebelhoer.plain2023-03-08T10:49:23-08:0001/01/1972PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/52673530055_1e32d83f72_c_thumb.jpg2023-02-26T15:03:40-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a22175th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Talk: The Woman Who Ran for President5Lois Beachy Underhill discusses her book The Woman Who Ran for President: The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull, chronicling the lives of the candidate for the Equal Rights Party in the US Presidential Election of 1872.media/52673530055_1e32d83f72_c.jpgplain2023-03-21T06:23:51-07:00199509/28/1995PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/Women in Science Discussion_thumb.jpg2023-02-23T07:58:57-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Women in Science Discussion5Brownbag Lunch Series: Women in Science panel discussing the possibilities and obstacles for women pursuing advanced degrees in the natural sciences.media/Women in Science Discussion.jpgplain2023-03-21T06:26:04-07:00198604/02/1986PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/Fort Wayne Womens Bureau - Gloria Steinem_thumb.jpg2023-02-22T18:28:18-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Women's Week at IPFW hosts Gloria Steinem and Margaret Sloan5Fort Wayne Women's Bureau hosts Gloria Steinem and Margaret Sloan for Women's Week at IPFW. Steinem meets with local feminists at her hotel so she can "get the lay of the land and kick ass and name names." Participants include Jeanne Echrich (Chair) Norma Shepelak, Peggy Wellin, Joanne Lantz, Barbara Knight (of the women's political caucus), Cathryn Adamsky, Helen Lee, Sally Williams, Marthe Rosenfeld, and Miki Kepes.media/Fort Wayne Womens Bureau - Gloria Steinem.jpgplain2023-03-21T06:29:25-07:00198202/15/1982PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/Womens Studies Presents - Women in France_thumb.jpg2023-02-23T08:00:36-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Women's Studies Presents Series Fall 19854Program includes Women in France, India and Iran: Personal Perspectives, Sexual Harrassment on Campus, and Women and the Holidaysmedia/Womens Studies Presents - Women in France.jpgplain2023-02-26T15:39:33-08:00198510 15 1985PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/52659458765_b518d8ab00_c.jpg2023-02-20T20:06:18-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Women's Studies at IPFW begins construction4Work commences to build a Women's Studies degree program at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayneplain2023-02-27T09:32:40-08:0019711971PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/52673095456_5107287b4c_c_thumb.jpg2023-02-26T12:43:39-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Course Offerings Summer and Fall 19813Course Offerings Summer and Fall 1981media/52673095456_5107287b4c_c.jpgplain2023-03-21T06:44:21-07:00198107/15/1981PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/52673593703_6d1a2d80c3_c_thumb.jpg2023-02-26T08:20:23-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Women's History Month 19962WHM 1996 Program of Eventsmedia/52673593703_6d1a2d80c3_c.jpgplain2023-02-26T08:20:49-08:0019961996PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
12023-02-26T08:51:08-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221FWF set up headquarters2FWF set up headquarters in a room on Berry St., across from Telephone Company. Later that year, the FWF move to a house on Leigh Street.plain2023-02-26T08:52:39-08:0019721972PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/52673384624_5036a36561_c_thumb.jpg2023-02-26T14:59:47-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Women's History Month 19902WHM March 1990: Write Women Back Into Historymedia/52673384624_5036a36561_c.jpgplain2023-02-26T15:00:12-08:00199003 01 1990PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
12023-02-26T08:49:07-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Teach-In at IPFW by FWF2Fort Wayne Feminists hold a Teach-In at IPFW on April 20, 1972. Participants include Joan Uebelhoer, Alice Scott, Diane Holman, Dee Marquart, Miki Kepes, Judy Gordon, and Ms. Ottenweiller.plain2023-03-08T10:53:23-08:0004/20/1972PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/52659006641_acd247b168_c(1)_thumb.jpg2023-02-26T15:23:17-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Women's Studies "Free Period Presentations" Fall 19792Lecture Series presented by the Women's Studies Seminar Committeemedia/52659006641_acd247b168_c(1).jpgplain2023-02-26T15:23:50-08:00197908 15 1979PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
12023-02-26T08:46:49-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221WPTH creates Feminist Radio Show1WPTH creates first feminist radio show hosted by Diane Holman.plain2023-02-26T08:46:50-08:0019721972PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221
1media/Fort Wayne Womens Bureau_thumb.jpg2023-02-22T19:08:58-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221Fort Wayne Womens Bureau Memo1media/Fort Wayne Womens Bureau.jpgplain2023-02-22T19:08:58-08:00PFW WOST 50th Anniversary5172ec2e33f74ad7da15989c70a7b33a6f65a221