Pembroke College and the Butler-Bradley Mental Health Education Center sponsored "Women: Changing Perspective," which originally consisted of five forums featuring speakers and discussions in March 1971. Many of the participants perceived that women's role in society was changing. Discussions, which continued after the forums were over, turned to how the university could respond to these changes, particularly as Pembroke College was about to merge with Brown University, thus leaving women without an institutional "place." Some of the participants developed proposals for the Pembroke Institute, a combination of a women's center and university extension. The Sarah Doyle Womens' Center was founded in 1975.
Taken from a notebook. Includes a questionnaire and its results.
Taken from a notebook. Includes minutes from "exploratory meeting on continuing education for women" (1964) and letter from Sheldon Flory ("for the Chaplains") to Elizabeth Leduc as chair of the Pembroke Study Committee.
Taken from a notebook.
The newsletters are from Women of Brown United.
From the Committee on the Employment and Status of Women Faculty and Women Graduate Students at Brown. Louise Lamphere, Laura Durand and others were on the committee.
The Pembroke College "Women: Changing Perspectives" forum records, 1964, 1970-1971 have been organized into one series, Forum records.
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Pembroke College "Women: Changing Perspectives" forum records, OF-1ZU-5zp, Brown University Library.
The Pembroke College "Women: Changing Perspectives" forum records include correspondence, discussion notes, proposals, questionnaires, reports, and syllabi. Folder titles for the material taken from a notebook were taken from the notebook's divisions. The records have been organized into one series, Forum records.
There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Sally K. Riggs (1962), then Associate Vice President in University Relations, donated this material in November of 1984.