The 1969 Cornell University Feminist Conference

The precursor event

In January 1969, a group of female academics from Cornell University decided to organize a feminist conference to test the public's interest in learning about women's issues. It was an unexpected success when over 2,000 attendees attended the conference. The feminist conference eventually led to the creation of the first women's studies at Cornell University the following Spring 1970 semester.

Images are courtesy of Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University

Scan and Explore

Explore the original Cornell Conference on Women proceedings in 1969. The Education and Equality proceedings was scanned to provide an example of how the conference proceeding was recorded.

Proceed to Women's Studies at Cornell University.