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February Sisters changed KU women's rights with bold demands
Panel at Spencer Art Museum recalls the February Sisters who on February 4, 1972, occupied a Louisiana Street house and pressed six demands for gender equality including a women run affirmative action program, child care funded by student fees, a women’s studies department, a vice chancellor for academic affairs, equal pay, and access to birth control. The discussion features C J Brune Mary Coral Christine Smith and professors Beth Schultz Marilyn Stokstad Betty Banks, highlighting lasting campus changes and ongoing activism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.J. Brune
Brune
Louisiana Street
E. Laurence Chalmers
Spencer Museum of Art
Mary Coral
Christine Smith
Beth Schultz
Marilyn Stokstad
Betty Banks
Schultz
Chalmers
Elizabeth Miller
Carla Tilghman
Kansas
Coral
Women’s Studies
Hilltop Development Center