Joan Roberts Speech, 1974

Contents List

Container Title
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Time   00:00
Introduction
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   00:30
Wants Freedom, Respect, Equality for Women
Scope and Content Note: Thanks women who have fought with her.
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Time   01:55
“We Have Stood Together” for Two and a Half Months
Scope and Content Note: But also frustrated and angry.
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   02:40
Anger Over Police at Door to Tenure Committee Meeting
Scope and Content Note: Long negotiations to get anyone other than media into meeting.
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   03:45
Two Special Problems of Women in Society
Scope and Content Note: 1) Growing up knowing that one is potential rape victim; 2) “Imposed state of non-seriousness.”
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   05:15
Have Faced Both Problems in Last Two to Three Months
Scope and Content Note: Now university knows “women mean what they say, and mean to get what they want.”
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   06:00
U.W. Women's Accomplishments in Fight for Roberts' Tenure
Scope and Content Note: Revived concern for human dignity; did not resort to tactics of 1960s. Learned strength of numbers; learned to act collectively, without “vertical power structure of men.” Brought men into women's movement.
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Time   08:40
Broke Women's Silence and Isolation
Scope and Content Note: Men surprised that a woman would defend herself.
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Time   10:40
No Progress Made in Affirmative Action for Women at U.W. in Last Four Years
Scope and Content Note: Typical reactions of men to women's proposals have not changed. Feminist faculty leaders politically vulnerable. Title IX has not guaranteed fairer treatment of female students.
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   14:OO
Disdain for Women Who Make Themselves More Like Men
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   14:55
Women's Studies
Scope and Content Note: Women must be able to create their own program reflecting different “power structure.”
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Time   16:00
Realizes Need for “A New Social Reality”
Scope and Content Note: “Role expansion” not enough. Reform of dehumanizing institutions needed. Example of tenure hearings.
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Time   17:55
Calls for “A Feminist Vision of a New World.”
Scope and Content Note: Urgent commitment by women needed.
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   19:10
Too Little Money in U.W. Budget for Women
Scope and Content Note: No money to subsidize low-income women, for women's studies, or female counselors.
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   21:20
[Answer to Question Joined in Progress:] Steps in Appealing Tenure Ruling
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   22:15
Comment from Floor: Women's Movement Cannot Progress Without Allying with Workers' Movement
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   23:40
Answer: Correct, But Women Need Their Own Struggle to Contribute to Others
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Time   24:35
Question: [Indistinct. Concerns Protection from Official Action While Case in Court.]
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   24:50
Answer: Title VII Guarantees Protection While Case In Court
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   25:05
Question: [Inaudible.]
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   25:10
Answer: Prefers Not to Comment on Court Case
Scope and Content Note: Most important is going forward from the political gesture of this meeting.
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Time   26:10
Question: Have You Heard about a “State Bill of Rights for Students”?
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   26:20
Answer: Important to Use Title IX: Prohibits Discrimination in Educational Programs
Scope and Content Note: Has heard of local, not state, bills of rights for students.
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Time   26:50
End of Presentation and Responses to Questions