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decades later, the women's movement of the 1960s had a tremendous
impact on women studying non-traditional academics. However, despite
women's efforts towards inclusion in the field, the significance of
their achievements was often not recognized. For example, Murray shared an anecdote of the period that came from Julia Roberson's election to the National Academy of Science. When a reporter called the University of California at Berkeley to find out information about her, the secretary said, "Oh yes, she's the wife of Professor Roberson." In 1971, the Association for Women in Mathematics was created to help women get the recognition they deserved, and the following year, Title IX essentially mandated that institutions of higher education must demonstrate gender equity in all programs if they were to receive federal funding. Dr. Murray spoke about the effects of Title IX on her career, "Title IX had an astounding impact on women's  |
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in math specifically, considering the legal exposure that institutions
faced if they didn't scramble to put women in faculty positions. There
was increasing pressure to involve women in programs of higher education
where they hadn't previously been represented." "The most striking difference in my education and experience on the job market and that of the women I interviewed is that whatever the private beliefs of the largely male mathematicians that I dealt with who were senior to me, there was a stated commitment on the part of institutions to include women in graduate programs and post-graduate study and on the faculty.... There was a much clearer sense of opportunity for me." In 1983, the number of women in mathematics finally regained the level it had been in the 1930s. Dr. Murray's talk left attendees with new insight and curiousity about the future of women in mathematics. To learn more about Dr. Murray, check out her website by clicking on Dr. Murray's Web |
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Martha
McCaughey, author of Real Knockouts, is Associate
Professor of Women's Studies at Virginia Tech. A third-wave
feminist active in anti-sexual assault education since
1989, she developed, with colleague Neal King, an alternative
method for such education using images of women verbally
and physically overpowering men. McCaughey's scholarly
work examines the embodied discourses of gender, sexuality,
and aggression.In 1999, she was awarded the American
Association of University Women's Emerging Scholar Award.
