On Our Minds, October 1976

ON OUR cTUINDS A Women’s Newsletter, Towson State University Baltimore, Maryland Volume 3» No, 1 October, 1976 WOMEN'S CENTER EVENT: FEMINIST SINGER SPRING COURSES: VCMEN'S STUDIES Kay Gardener, a feminist singer from Philadelphia, will be performing In the Main Lounge of the Univer¬ sity Union on Nov. 13 at 8:00p.m. Tickets are $2.50 and can be purchased at the T.S.U. Box Office or at the door. The Women's Studies course schedule for the spring semester includes 9 day and 4 evening courses. DAYS ISRAELI FEMINIST TO SPEAK HERE Marcia Freedman, a leader of the Israeli Feminist Movement and member of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), will speak at Towson State on Nov. 11 and 12. Ms. Freedman is being sponsored jointly by Women's Studies and Ethnic Studies as part of Towson' s Guest Artist Series. She will speak in several classes and lecture to the public Thursday, Nov. 11 at 3*30 in Smith Hall, Room 356. Her topic will be "Feminism and the Zionist Dream." Ms. Freedman is a graduate of Bennington College and has an M.A. from Brooklyn College, She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at Tel Aviv Univ. , and has taught philosophy at both Brooklyn Col. and Haifa University. After emigrating to Israel in 1969» Ms. Freedman became active in Israel's nascent feminist movement. In 1973 she was elected to Knesset where she has worked on abortion reform and legislation guaranteeing rights in civil marriage and equal employment oppor¬ tunities for women. For further information, call Women's Studies at Towson, 321-2859 or 321-2860. WOMEN'S SOCIETY OF TOWSON The Women's Society of Towson State (formerly Faculty Wives) has extended an invitation to all faculty women to join and participate in an upcoming series of monthly programs. For information, call Mara Marchand at 296-4980. WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN CONCEPTS OF WOMAN IN PHILOSOPHY SEX ROLES IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE WOMEN WRITERS WOMEN IN ART SPORTSWOMAN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY PRACTICUM IN VC MEN'S STUDIES DIRECTED READINGS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES EVENING: WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE CONCEPTS OF WOMAN IN PHILOSOPHY GENDER IDENTITY IN EDUCATION WOMEN IN THE LAW MINIM ESTER , January 1977* UP THE DOWN STEREOTYPE: DIALOGUES WITH AND ABOUT WOMEN IN ART. WOMEN *5 STUDIES COURSES ATTRACT MANY STUDENTS Course enrollments for fall, in Women's Studies courses here, were very good, with a total of 210 students enrolled in classes. On Our Minds is a project of the Women's Studies Committee and the Women's Center. It is published in cooperation with the News and Publications Office of Towson State University. Address inquiries or news items to Madeline Ryan. Women's Center. 321-2666i or Lorna р°81в’» same no* Staff: Lorna Fogle, Jo-Ann Fuchs, .Helen Hughes, and Madeline Ryan. _ _