On Our Minds, February 1976

ON OUR MINDS A Women's Newsletter Towson State College Baltimore, Maryland Volume 2, Number 3 February, 1976 CANPUS EVENTS: Wed., Feb. 25, 4 pm, Women's Center (2nd floor, Health Center building) : "WOMEN LOVING WOMEN. 11 Several women will speak on their perceptions and experiences as women who prefer women for sexual-emotional relationships. This program will be stimulating for all women, whether they are gay, straight, bisexual, or undecided about sexual orien- tation. Wed., March 3, 3 pm, College Center 310-311: ''WOMEN AND THEIR BODIES." Betty Eggleton, Head Nurse of Planned Parenthood of Baltimore, will lead an informal discussion, giving general and specific information on women's health topics such as birth control (methods, side effects, hazards), vaginal infections, VD, and the reproductive cycle. CONTINUED GROWTH OF WOMEN'S STUDIES "In a year during which we have read each week of cutbacks in some college or university system, it is heartening to be able to report that the growth of women's studies has continued at least at its previous rate." Florence Howe, Women Is Studies Newsletter, Winter, 1976. According to this latest survey by the Clearinghouse on Women's Studies, forty new Women's Studies programs were announced between December, 1974, and December, 1975. An increase is also reported in the number of degree-granting programs, both graduate and undergraduate. There are now 39 B.A., 11 M.A., and 3 Ph.D. programs in Women's Studies OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS: "WOMEN IN THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA - TWO PERSPECTIVES: BLACK AND WHITE An Historical Conference sponsored by the Morgan State University Bicentennial Committee and the Maryland Committee for the Humanities and Public Policy. To be held at the MSU College Center, February 27-28. For registration form and complete program, see the Women's Studies bulletin board, Linthicum Hall, second floor. CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! Community supper - bring a dish. Slide show and readings. Baltimore Feminist Chorus. Sponsored by the Baltimore Women's Union. Women only. Child care provided Sunday, March 7th, 6-10 pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 1110 St. Paul St. KATHERINE ANNE PORTER, author of Ship of Fools and Pale Horse, Pale Rider, will speak at Johns Hopkins University, in the Garrett Room of Eisenhower Library, on February 25, at noon. A THOUGHT FOR THIS ISSUE: Wouldn't Auburn House (the new social club for the College and the Towson community) have made a fine child care center?