Elena Shih, assistant professor of American studies and ethnic studies, delivered the Annual Elizabeth Munves Sherman ’77, P’06, P’09 Lecture in Gender and Sexuality Studies Thursday afternoon in ...

The Ida B. Wells lecture series explores contemporary issues impacting the rights of women and justice for all marginalized people and elevates the voices of those who have been silenced. The series ...

The film takes place in a college feminist literature course as transgender student Maisie studies both the course curriculum and her classmate, Rachel, who she sees as a pinnacle of femininity.

Students and faculty gathered on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Rowe Center for Undergraduate Education to hear from Dr. L. Monique Ward, a prominent researcher studying how media affects women’s ...

Exploring the LGBTQ archives at Philadelphia’s William Way Community Center. Exploring the LGBTQ archives at Philadelphia’s William Way Community Center. Exploring the LGBTQ archives at Philadelphia’s ...

The field of women’s studies is nearly 50 years old. A product of the turbulent 1960s and 1970s, women's studies emerged at a time when English classes might only read novels by men, history classes ...

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Women’s and Gender Studies have its roots in the student, civil rights, and women’s movements of the 1960s and 70s. In its early years the field’s teachers and scholars principally asked, “Where are ...