Usm Women's Studies Program Marks a Milestone ; an Observance and Celebration Are Planned, Then Back to Work.

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Susan Feiner and her colleagues grow frustrated when they hear people question the need for a women's studies program in the 21st century.

Yes, there has been a lot of progress since the University of Southern Maine's program was founded in 1980. But consider that most students who sign up for the introductory class in women's studies at USM have no idea that anti-contraceptive laws were on the books until the early 1960s.

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Usm Women's Studies Program Marks a Milestone ; an Observance and Celebration Are Planned, Then Back to Work.

"In Maine, most students, from my experience, come to college not knowing that women couldn't vote until 1921," said Feiner, director of USM's women's studies program. "The women's suffrage movement barely is taught in Maine's public high schools...

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