Sex discrimination in education

  • Education for the weaker sex (Episode 3 of 7)

    Marjorie Uren, a graduate student in English at the University of California (Berkeley) and part time instructor of English at Stanford speaks on “Education for the weaker sex” at a teach-in on the oppression of women at San Francisco State College on December 10, 1969. Uren talks about the passive discrimination in textbooks and children’s…

  • Women in the universities (Episode 4 of 7)

    Maryjean Suelzle, a graduate student in sociology at the University of California (Berkeley) and the vice president of the Women’s Sociology Caucus there, speaks on “Women in the universities” at a teach-in on the oppression of women at San Francisco State College on December 10, 1969. In this talk, Suelzle analyzes statistics and university attitudes…

  • Suffocation in suburbia 3: the emergence of womanpower / Jean Paul Mather (Episode 11 of 15)

    Part 11 of KPFA’s presentation of the University of California’s Medical Center Conference “The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche” held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 3 of “Suffocation in Suburbia.” In this recording Jean Paul Mather, D. Sc.(1914-2007), University President and General Manager, Purdue Research Foundation (Lafayette, Indiana) presents “The Emergence…

  • Suffocation in suburbia 4: Education: training ground or playground? / Kate Mueller (Episode 12 of 15)

    Part 12 of KPFA’s presentation of the University of California’s Medical Center Conference “The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche” held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 4 of “Suffocation in Suburbia.” In this recording Kate Hevner Mueller, Ph.D(1898-1984), Professor of Higher Education, Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) presents “Education: Training Ground or Playground?”…