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The Madelyn Gutwirth Endowment in Women's
Studies was established to honor one of the founding members of the Women's
Studies Program at
Madelyn Gutwirth initiated our first women’s studies
course in 1971. Coordinating the program until 1978, she remained the intellect
and heart behind its developing curricula until her retirement in 1991. We now
have a B.A. in Women's Studies, and the Women's Studies Program includes
faculty and courses from 12 different departments. None of this would have been
possible without Dr. Gutwirth’s unflagging efforts not only as an instigator,
but as a feminist scholar. Dr. Gutwirth’s major works Madame de Stael:
novelist: The Emergence of the Artist as Woman (Urbana: University of
Illinois Press, 1978), and The Twilight of the Goddess: Women and
Representation in the French Revolution Era (New Brunswick: Rutgers
University Press, 1992), rise to the highest standards of research, analysis,
and interpretation. The Society for Eighteenth century studies recently devoted
a plenary session to the impact of her work on feminist studies.
Women’s Studies established the Madelyn Gutwirth
Endowment to acknowledge Madelyn’s role in the program and to continue her
contributions by making it possible permanently to underwrite scholarships for
students, provide additional programming, enable the presence of guest
scholars, and support faculty research. Your support to the endowment allows
the program to continue this important work.
In order to make a contribution to the
endowment, make checks payable to:
The Madelyn Gutwirth
Women's Studies Program Endowment
Mail checks to:
The
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For More Information:
Dr. Jen Bacon, Director
Women's Studies
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(610) 436-2464 or (610) 436-2853
jbacon@wcupa.edu