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Mary Elizabeth Devine (English), Patricia Gozemba (English), and Paula Wall (Continuing Education) at the 1974 Women’s Fair. Top: An icon of the era. This popular button publicized the average woman’s wages of 59¢ for every dollar a man earned.

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A professor in the English Department stopped and bluntly located in the basement of the Campus Center specially asked, without introduction, “How much did they offer welcomed gay students on Tuesday evenings. The Log feayou?” I informed her I was hired at the low rank of intured articles on “homosexual liberation.” However, among structor at a starting salary of $12,085. She said my salary faculty, rumors floated regarding the high proportion of seemed fair compared with other full-time faculty hired lesbian women in certain departments, and one department that year (fifteen women and chair was quoted as not beeleven men, two-thirds of ing interested in hiring “dyke …seventeen faculty women sought whom were instructors). Eight types.” With few exceptions, redress through the courts by filing of the women were hired in the gay faculty (men and women) female stronghold of Nursing. remained closeted. a class-action lawsuit alleging Notwithstanding efforts to Down the hallway from my sex discrimination in pay.... address gender inequities, the Sullivan Building basement ofCWS felt the campus situation In 1987 the women’s lawsuit, having fice was the Florence Luscombe had worsened. Subsequently, Women’s Center, which had dragged on in the courts for thirteen seventeen faculty women opened in 1972. I frequently sought redress through the years, was finally settled in their favor. stopped into this beehive of courts by filing a class-action feminist activities. The Center lawsuit alleging sex discriminatargeted campus women and tion in pay. The stagnant economy and rising inflation of the women from surrounding communities; its primary agenda mid-1970s made clear that state college faculties needed to was to talk about women’s issues—a form of consciousness speak with a united collective voice instead of each college raising in vogue in the 1970s. negotiating separately with the State Board of Trustees. The September 11,1974, issue The experiences of CWS had shown that efforts by indiof the Log, under the heading viduals seeking redress from discrimination were futile. W MAN, listed a total of The initial thrust toward unionization was predominantly eleven workshops coordinated led by men. However, not long after unionizing the faculty by on- and off-campus women: in 1977, women took on leadership roles and were highly Self-Defense, Share Series, Film instrumental in a movement toward economic fairness for Series, Women’s Studies, Conall. Collective bargaining became the avenue to address sciousness Raising and Organisalary inequities. Ten years later, in the 1986-89 state colzation, Speakers, Child Care, lege faculty/librarian contract, the extended struggle led Gay Women, Women Writers, to salary adjustments and retroactive pay awards. In 1987 Feminist Politics, and Alternathe women’s lawsuit, having dragged on in the courts for tive Religions. The workshops thirteen years, was finally settled in their favor. brought together large numbers At the time I arrived in 1974, women kept a watchful of women from diverse backeye on hiring practices. I recall a memorable encounter grounds, ages, and occupations. as I came down the stairs from Academic Affairs in Meier How different is our campus Hall where I had been interviewed by the Academic Dean. today? We rarely make similar

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