Cold War Era
Academic Freedom and Free Speech at U of I
The Broyles’ Bills
Clabaugh Act (1947)
The Leo Koch Case
The Fight for Freedom of Speech and Expression in the 1960s
Student Life during the Cold War Era
The GI Bill and the U of I
Sex, Censorship, and the College Scene
Conservatives on Campus
The Black Athlete at the U of I
Women’s Athletics at the University of Illinois
The Struggle for Integration in the 1940s and 50s
Affirmative Action at the University of Illinois
Project 500
Second Wave Feminism on Campus
Gay Rights on Campus
Latina/o Students at U of I
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at U of I
U of I students and the draft
1967 Protest-Sit-In against DOW Chemical
Publication of “Walrus”
October 15, 1969 Moratorium
March 1970 Rally Against GE
March Riots (1970)
May Student Strike (1970)
The Rise and Fall of President George D. Stoddard
The U of I and the Defense Department
Surveillance, Discipline and the University of Illinois
Second Wave Feminism
Whereas the main thrust of first-wave feminism had centered on suffrage, the second-wave feminism emanating in the 1960s focused on a host of issues including economic parity, educational equity, and reproductive rights. At the University of Illinois, female students energized by the Civil Rights movement and the anti-war activities formed a host of women’s groups on campus and pushed for gender equity. In 1972, Title IX (the Equal Opportunity in Education Act) prohibited gender discrimination in American educational institutions, opening up new opportunities in academics and athletics from college women.
University of Illinois Sources:
Women's Resources and Services Subject File, 1964-1991 (RS 41/3/10)
Women's Student Union Records, 1974-84 (RS 41/66/100)
Assistant Dean's Subject File, 1969-1972 (RS 41/3/12): Subject File of Mary Pollack includes information on sex education, the University Women's Caucus, and Women's Week.
Women's Resources and Services Reference File, 1959-88 (RS 41/3/9): Contains clippings, booklets, articles, and brochures concerning issues of topical interest to women in general and the women's movement.
Student Organizations Publications, 1871- (RS 41/6/840): Includes information from the Abortion Rights Coalition, National Organization of Women, and Women’s Independent Student Association, among others.
Student and Faculty Org. Constitutions & Registration Cards, (RS 41/2/41): Includes many women’s organizations.
Graduate Student Association Subject Files, 1967-71 (RS 41/62/15): Box 3 includes information on women’s groups on campus.
Daily Illini, 1874- (Microform in Newspaper Library)
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Bibliography:
Robert Bell and Kathleen Coughey, “Premarital Sexual Experience Among College Females, 1958, 1968, 1978,” Family Relations 29 (1980), 353-357.
Angela Davis, Angela Davis - An Autobiography (New York: 1974).
Flora Davis, Moving the Mountain: The Women’s Movement in America Since 1960 (Urbana, IL: 1999)
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (New York: 1963).
Leila j. Rupp and Verta Taylor, Survival in the Doldrums: The American Women's Rights Movement, 1945 to the 1960s (New York: 1987).
Ira Robinson and Davor Jedlicka, “Change in Sexual Attitudes and Behavior of College Students from 1965 to 1980: A Research Note,” Journal of Marriage and the Family 44 (1982), 237-40.