One highlight of Yale's 300th-anniversary celebration was a conference examining the evolving role and influence of the most recent addition to the University community -- women.
Titled "Gender Matters," the conference was held at the Law School Sept. 20-21, 2001. The event was organized by the Yale Women Faculty Forum.
In a series of panels, noted alumnae, current Yale faculty and other distinguished guests discussed and debated the issues that women encounter as academics, scientists, artists, global leaders and entrepreneurs.
Among the alumnae participants were children's rights activist Marian Wright Edelman '63 LL.B., environmentalist Frances Beinecke '71 B.A., '74 M.F.S., novelist Gloria Naylor '83 M.A.; Carnegie Institute president Maxine Singer '57 Ph.D; Patricia M. Wald '51 LL.B. of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Linda Mason '80 M.B.A., chair of Bright Horizons Family Solutions; film producer Sarah Pillsbury '74 B.A.; and two women who have gone on to head institutions of higher learning -- Bryn Mawr College President Nancy J. Vickers '76 Ph.D. and Duke University President Nannerl O. Keohane '67 Ph.D., who is also former president of Wellesley College.
President Richard C. Levin, in his introductory remarks, acknowledged that Yale's 300-year history was one "in which women, shamefully, have played a little part until recent years." However, he noted, that has already changed for the better. Today, three of the Yale officers are women, as are three of the deans of the graduate and professional schools, three residential college masters and two of the four divisional directors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Contents
Gala Weekend Concludes University's Tercentennial
Yale at 300
Alumni Presidents
President Levin Launches Joint Initiatives Between Yale and China During Trip
'Gender Matters' Looks at Women's Evolving Roles
Yale Experts Explore Interweaving Histories of Yale and U.S. in DeVane Series
Celebrating Yale's 300th Around the Nation and Around the World
Building Partnerships for a Stronger New Haven
Bush Sr. Recalls Challenges of the Oval Office
Yale Honors Latest 'Son of Eli' in White House
Clinton: U.S. Will Prevail Against Terrorism
Zedillo decries 'shameful trend of increasing polarization'
Alumni economists discuss U.S. economic prosperity
Yale Alumni in the News
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