IUSB/Women & Humanism talk by Madonna Kolbenschlag: "Feminist Intellectuals: What Are They Saying?", program, 1977 February 26

IUSB/Women & Humanism talk by Madonna Kolbenschlag: "Feminist Intellectuals: What Are They Saying?", program, 1977 February 26

This is a program for the Women & Humanism Series that was organized by Gloria Kaufman, along with help from Barbara Williams as the Publicity Director and Eileen Bender as the Producer. The Women & Humanism Series was a 3-part series held in 1977 that included poetry readings and talks related to feminist perspectives. Marge Piercy, Madonna Kolbenschlag, and Naomi Goldenberg were the three keynote speakers who presented on January 15, February 26, and March 26 respectively.
This program is specifically on Madonna Kolbenschlag's talk on February 26, 1977, entitled "Feminist Intellectuals: What Are They Saying?" Michael Stark, Ph.D., provided commentary afterwards.
This series was funded through a grant from the Indiana Committee for the Humanities as well as the Division of Continuing Education, Indiana University at South Bend.

IUSB Women & Humanism Series

1977-02-26

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February 26, 1977 First Unitarian Church of South Bend

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MADONNA KOLBENSCHLAG
Feminist Intellectuals: What Are They Saying?

"Many women might well question the relevance of the contemporary women's liberation movement for their lives here and now. It is precisely this vacuum that a public-oriented feminist program can fill. The average woman, as well as the more informed woman, needs to be able to separate facts from myth, respon­sibilities from internalized roles, and real from imagined needs. Research in women's psychology, anthropology and sociology offers many contact points which have implications for public policy. Even beyond the sphere of women's legal rights, new per­spectives on women's role in the family should have impact on social legislation: in respect to child care, welfare services, health care, parental preparation. New perspectives in psychology have a crucial bearing on educational philosophy and practice, as well as on psychiatric treatment and mental health services." "The visibility of feminist ideas in the marketplace can likewise affect everything from architecture and urban planning to industrial management and career counseling."

MADONNA KOLBENSCHLAG, Ph.D., is assistant professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Comments by MICHAEL STARK, Ph.D., assistant professor of Psychology at Indiana University at South Bend.