- Collection:
- Many Paths, Many Voices: Oral Histories from the University of Washington Special Collections
- Title:
- Jacobs (Sue-Ellen) interview
- Creator:
- Jacobs, Sue-Ellen
Bhatt, Amy - Date of Original:
- 2015-06-22
2015-06-06 - People:
- Bright, Clare
Eastman, Carol M., 1941-1997
Rudolph, Karen D.
Kaplan, Sydney Janet, 1939- - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
United States, Washington, 47.50012, -120.50147 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Sue-Ellen Jacobs describes her pivotal role as the first acting director of the Women's Studies program at the University of Washington. She shares stories of her early activism and community work, including integrating the City Hospital of Charlotte, North Carolina before the passage of the Civil Rights Act and collaborating with Corky Gonzales and the Chicano Movement in Denver. In the 1960s, Jacobs began teaching at Sacramento State University, where she played a key role in establishing the university's first Women's Studies program. In 1974, Jacobs applied for a position in the Anthropology Department at the University of Washington but was unexpectedly considered for a joint appointment with the Women Studies program. She describes the struggles of the program's early days, facing hostility from both activists on the advisory committee, who demanded political change, and faculty members who dismissed the legitimacy of Women Studies scholarship. She recounts her efforts to build alliances within the university and across programs, including Ethnic Studies. Finally, she shares her thoughts on the department's evolution leading up to her retirement in 2004.
Department chair; Faculty member; Anthropology; Activism; Departmental shifts; Administrative pushback; Name change; Activism; Black feminism; Indigenous feminism; Women of color feminisms; Intradepartmental debates - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ohc/id/3918
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/iiif/2/ohc:3918/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
- Extent:
- 33 pages
26 pages - Original Collection:
- University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Oral History Collection
Gender Women Sexuality Studies Department
University of Washington, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Department oral histories, Accession No. 6585-001
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv738545 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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Jacobs (Sue-Ellen) interview
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