Title: Louise Rowan Witherell papers
Inclusive Dates: 1940-2012

Creators:

• Witherell, Louise Rowan

• Witherell, Ann

Unique Identifier: uac38

Quantity:

• 3.85 cubic feet
• 3 record cartons

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management

Abstract:

Louise Rowan Witherell recieved a PhD in French Literature from UW-Madison in 1948. She went on to be a full professor at UW-Green Bay. She won an age and sex discrimination case against UW-Green Bay in the late 1980s. Her papers contain correspondence, particularly from her time as a student in the French House at UW-Madison. They also include photographs, writing, research files, and files from her age and sex discrimination lawsuit.

Language: English

Language: Collection materials are primarily in English.

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Gift of Ann Witherell, 2018-02.

Louise Rowan was born on April 18, 1920, in Toledo, Ohio and died on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, in Wauwatosa, WI. Louise completed her undergraduate degree at Toledo University in 1940 and her doctorate in 20th Century French Literature at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1948. As a doctoral student she stayed at the French House at UW-Madison where she had the opportunity to interact entirely in French with other students. She married John M. Witherell and they had two daughters Anne (Elaine) Witherell and Jane Martell (Mark). Louise taught at UW Extension Fox Valley and retired as Full Professor from UW-Green Bay. While at UW-Green Bay, Witherell discovered that she than new made a lower salary than new hires. She was unable to sue the University, so a lawyer came to UW-Green Bay to take depositions from anyone who had been on any committee that decided her salary. She did not ask for back pay but instead wanted an adjustment to her retirement. This was an early age and sex discrimination case, and Witherell won.

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, research materials, writings, and newspaper clippings. Most of these materials relate to her time as a doctoral student at the French House at UW-Madison. It also contains significant files on the age and sex discrimination lawsuit that Witherell brought to and won at UW-Green Bay.

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Sex discrimination against womenFrench literature -- Study and teachingWitherell, Ann; University of Wisconsin--Green Bay

Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 1	Louise Rowan- Letters to Parents while living at the UW French House, 1940-1941
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 2	French House- Alumni Correspondence and Publications, 1999-2012
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 3	French House- Photocopies of Photos, 1941-1947
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 4	NEH Summer Seminar, 1981
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 5	Newspaper Clippings, 1962-2008
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 6	Article Copies, 1981-1984
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 7	Correspondence- Yvonne Renourard, Avonelle Learned, & Doris Wight 1947-2008
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 8	NEH Application (Witherell's Transcript), 1981-1982
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 9	NEH Summer Course, 1981-1984
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 10	UW Green Bay- News and Events, 1983-2011
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 11	Theatre, 1963-1978
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 12	UW Green Bay- Theatre- Racine Phèdre, 1975-1988
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 13	Theatre- Molière, 1963-1986
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 14	1978 French Fiction Course, 1978-1980
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 15	Correspondence- Sherie Doongaji, 1941-2000
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 16	French Literature Course Materials, 1973-1984
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 17	1989 Women French Literature Course, 1979-1994
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 18	Paul Claudel- Poet, 1995
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 19	Way of the Cross, 2001
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 20	Committee on Foreign Language Funding- UW Green Bay, 1972-1973
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 21	French Lit. Course Materials 1989, 1989
Box [0891382511970]   1   folder 22	Miscellaneous, 1970-1994
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 1	Yvonne Renourard- Correspondence, 1945-1972
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 2	Kersten- Correspondence, 1972-1997
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 3	Student- Correspondence, 1970-1995
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 4	Schlueter Correspondence, 1966-1998
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 5	Witherell, Louise- University of Wisconsin Green Bay 1981-1989
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 6	1988 French Course Materials, 1982-1988
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 7	U.S. and Canada Draft, 1968-1970
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 8	U.S. and Canada: An Overview, 1970
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 9	Appel, Libby Correspondence 1949-1998
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 10	Mary Parr Correspondence, 1940-2000
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 11	French House Miscellaneous, 1949-1995
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 12	Prevost and Pickart Correspondence, 1947-1969
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 13	Prof. Marie- Helen Pauly Correspondence, 1947-1973
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 14	The Foundations of the 20th Century, 1991
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 15	Sister M. Joseph Paul Correspondence, 1969-1992
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 16	Louise Witherell -Biographical, 1943-1995
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 17	Germaine Bree Correspondence, 1964-1981
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 18	Dorothy Kubicka and Pat Kimmel Correspondence, 1965-1997
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 19	Najem Correspondence, 1970-1989
Box [0891382511890]   2   folder 20	Joy OH Correspondence, 1966-1973
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 1	Witherell, Louise Rowan 1956-1992
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 2	Lawsuit, Career, & Background 1983-1994
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 3	UW-Green Bay- Salary, Course Evaluations, and Newspaper articles 1974-1988
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 4	Earliest Evaluations and Miscellaneous, 1968-1975
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 5	Salaries and Appointments (UW), 1961-1989
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 6	French Course Materials- UW-Green Bay, 1975
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 7	UW-Green Bay- Merit Evaluations and Catch up Committee, 1989
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 8	UW-Green Bay 1988 Professor List, 1988
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 9	Research Statistics for Tenure, 1974-1993
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 10	Colleague Dinner Party, 1979
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 11	Retirement Estimate, 1988
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 12	UW Green Bay- David L. Outcalt Correspondence, 1986-1989
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 13	UW-Green Bay- Kenneth Fleurant Correspondence, 1973-1987
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 14	UW-Green Bay- Log, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous 1964-1994
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 15	Writings and Estella Lauter Writings, 1983
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 16	1987-88 Discrimination- UW Green Bay, 1987-1988
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 17	Resources, 1978-1989
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 18	Schmidt, N. Cross, and UW Appts. 1987-1990
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 19	Lawsuit and Lawsuit Correspondence, 1985-1990
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 20	Writings on the Lawsuit, 1990-1993
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 21	Milwaukee Journal and UW Post- Newspaper Clippings on Pillsbury Case, 1992-1997
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 22	Newspaper article and Clippings, 1954-1994
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 23	University Women & New Flo Ideas, 1984-1994
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 24	Marian J. Swoboda Correspondence, 1990-1993
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 25	Annis Pratt Correspondence- National Women's Studies Association, 1990-1998
Box [0891382511710]   3   folder 26	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1967-1996