BC13-58_SFAudio_142, The Scholar and the Feminist XI (Women and Resistance): Reproductive Rights and Resistance to Violence against Women, 1984-04-14

File — Box: 45

Identifier: Subseries 2.1

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Scope and Contents

Morning forum at the Scholar and Feminist XI conference, featuring Joan Bertin (ACLU) and Julie Doron (Barnard College). This tape features Joan Bertin's analysis of the connection between feelings of femininity and connections between sterilization and how women began to resist sterilization. Julie Doron explores the complex situation of domestic abuse that leads to violence done in self defense. She raises the question of what occurs when there are two victims. Papers presented or name of session: "Resistance to Sterilization in West Virginia"; "Battered Women Who Kill Their Husbands: New Perspectives on Self-Defense".

Dates

Creation: 1984-04-14

Creator

From the Collection: Barnard Center for Research on Women. (Organization)
From the Collection: Gould, Jane S., 1918-2009 (Person)
From the Collection: Jakobsen, Janet R. (Person)

Access

Portions of Subseries 1.5, Personnel and Office Documents, and Subseries 1.6, Executive Committee, are restricted as they contain confidential personnel records. Personnel records are restricted for 75 years past the date of creation.