Founding Mothers
Dublin Core
Title
Founding Mothers
Contributor
University of Arizona LIbraries, Special Collections
Collection Items
Madge Udall representing Arizona in Suffrage Parade, May 3, 1913
Madge Udall on horseback during the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) suffrage parade in New York City.
Interview with Patricia MacCorquodale on grandmother's voting
Video clip of Patricia MacCorquodale recounting the story of her grandmother's voting practices. Her first voting experience was in Montana, where her husband gave her a small slip of paper stating whom she should vote for -- and she did the same…
Interview with Patricia MacCorquodale (Sociology) on Women's Studies at the University of Arizona
Patricia MacCorquodale discusses receiving a grant at the University of Arizona and a dinner that follows. The Vice President of Research commented that at the end of the grant, there would not be a need for Women's Studies. Yet, Myra Dinnerstein…
Interview with Susan Aiken (English) on Women's Studies program at the University of Arizona
Susan Aiken, University of Arizona English department, discusses being one of the first individuals to be working in the field of Women's Studies, and how this work came to be seen as "cutting edge'".
SIROW in Focus: Women
SIROW poster detailing the organization's successes and fundraising to date. Since its inception in 1979, SIROW has helped to bring in close to 100 million dollars in grants and contracts to support our and our collaborators’ efforts to improve…
Interview with Ruth Dickstein (University Libraries) on Women's Studies becoming a department on campus
Ruth Dickstein, University of Arizona University Libraries, discusses the politics becoming a department on campus and the important role that the Woman's Studies Advisory Council (WOSAC) played. She mentions that Women's Studies, as a program…
Atanacia Santa Cruz Hughes
Photograph of Atanacia Santa Cruz Hughes, Born August 14, 1850 in Tucson, Arizona and died November 12, 1934 in Tucson, Arizona. Atanacia was married to Samuel Hughes on May 27, 1863 at the Church of San Xavier del Bac (Mission) in Tucson, Arizona.…
Interview with Susan Philips (Anthropology) discussing the women's liberation movement and differences in how Women's Studies programs are founded
Susan Philips recounts her activism during the women's liberation movement and how that experience helped shape her desire to help found the Women's Studies program at the University of Arizona. Philips notes this was a merger of her political…
Interview with Eliana Rivero (Spanish and Portuguese) on being Latina and Women's Studies
Eliana Rivero, University of Arizona Spanish and Portugues department, discusses feeling like the 'token Latina' and how some said she looked 'so white'. Despite this, a grant allowed for the furtherment of the Women's Studies department, which…
By Order of the The Regents
1903 essay published in the University of Arizona Burro presenting women students anger about university curfew and restrictions
Interview with Judy Temple (English) discusses Women in Science program.
Judy Temple, University of Arizona English department, discusses being able to teach 'Women in Science' and the rewards of teaching that course with a co-professor. She mentions a male student who questioned everything; he was their thorn in the…
A Modest Proposal on how we might approach the problem of beginning a Women's Studies program at U of A
Original proposal for creating Women Studies Program at UA