WOMEN at the CENTER Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Issue 26, Fall 2014 Judy Woodruff: Pioneering Broadcast Journalist The Bingham Center is Hour, as well as hosting the pleased to announce the documentary series Frontline acquisition of the papers of with Judy Woodruff. In 1993 renowned news anchor, she joined CNN anchoring journalist, and Duke alumna the daily news show Inside Judy Woodruff. Politics. She returned to PBS in The 150 feet of material 2006 to work on Generation Woodruff has placed with Next, a documentary about the Center ranges from ex- American young people and tensive research files to their thoughts on family, viewer correspondence, in- faith, politics, and world terview material, and writ- events. ings that document her long In 2007, Woodruff re- and distinguished career in Judy Woodruff with Nan joined The News Hour with Jim journalism and academia. Keohane, former president of Lehrer. She is currently co- Woodruff has been re- Duke University, 1994 anchor and managing editor porting U.S. political news of The PBS NewsHour with on the national stage since she was named Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill. NBC’s chief White House correspondent in At a time when male journalists didn’t take 1977. She later moved to PBS, where she cov- their female counterparts seriously, Judy ered Washington for the MacNeil/Lehrer News- (Continued on page 2) Inside this issue: Feminist Pedagogy and Queer Writing Practices Judy Woodruff 1, 2 In March 2014 I took an online course on “Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction” Feminist Pedagogy 1, 3 to learn new ways to engage students with ar- chives. The basic principles of feminist peda- gogy as outlined in the course led by Maria Alix Kates Shulman’s 2 Accardi (and in her book by the same title) Feminist Memoirs include active student participation, hands-on learning activities, group or partner work, rais- Recent Acquisitions 2 ing awareness about sexism or other forms of oppression, collaboration, and an ethic of care. Profiles in Research: 3 I already preferred creating more interactive Mairead Sullivan experiences in our archives classroom since students consistently wish they had more time Writing Practices, when the instructor Jen Instruction & 3 to spend with the historical documents, but Ansley asked for a session using LGBTQ zines. Outreach this course gave me a theoretical framework As a course assignment, the students were Save the Date: Judy 4 and even more ways to explore alternatives to asked to choose one zine from our collection Woodruff in March lecture and the classic show-and-tell. to read closely and write about in response to a During the course, I piloted a few new prompt asking how the text reflects or medi- ideas during a Writing 101 class called Queer (Continued on page 3) library.duke.edu/rubenstein/bingham Recent Acquisitions Alix Kates Shulman’s Feminist Memoirs In September, author and activist Alix Ann Baker Papers Kates Shulman visited Durham to give two Anne Baker is an author, lectures. The first, held at the Durham County researcher, and re- Library on the topic of Fiction or Memoir-- nowned abortion coun- How to Choose, explored the quandaries, fears, seling pioneer. and competing motives that come into play when writers confront this crucial choice. Renee Chelian Papers The second program, held at Perkins Li- Chelian, a Michigan-based brary, celebrated the launch of the Women's advocate for advancing Liberation Movement Print Culture digital col- and protecting women’s lection. Librarians Kelly Wooten and Molly pregnancy and birth con- Bragg offered comments on the evolution of trol choices, founded the this project from its original incarnation in Northland Family Planning 1997. Shulman shared her experiences as a Center in 1976. feminist activist and writer during the 1960s and 70s, including the 1968 Miss America pag- Jaclyn Friedman eant protest, the iconic event that launched the Papers myth of bra burning and the women’s move- Friedman is a writer, edu- ment into popular consciousness. Photographs cator, activist, and found- from this protest are included in the online col- er and former Executive lection. Director of Women, Ac- Alix Kates Shulman is the celebrated au- Alix Kates Shulman shares highlights tion & the Media. Her thor of fourteen books, including the bestsel- from the early days of feminist organiz- books Yes Means Yes and ling novel Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, which ing and activism in New York City. What You Really Really established her as a primary figure in femi- Want outline a modern nism’s second wave. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Women’s Liberation Movement in 1967. Shul- vision of feminist empow- Shulman studied philosophy at Columbia Uni- man lives in Manhattan and continues to speak ered sexuality. versity and received an MA at New York Uni- frequently on issues such as writing, feminism, versity. She became a political activist, joining and reproductive choice. Her papers are held San Francisco Wom- the Congress of Racial Equality in 1961 and the by the Bingham Center. en’s Building Records The Women’s Building is Digital Collection: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/wlmpc/ a nonprofit arts and edu- cation community center and feminist landmark Judy Woodruff continued from page 1 known for its mural hon- oring global women. Woodruff blazed a trail for women in media. many child-focused organizations. In the field of broadcast journalism, she is This gift to the Bingham Center continues Marilyn Crafton Smith known for her objectivity, unflappability, and Woodruff’s tradition of service and generosity Papers keen analysis of current events. She is a sought to Duke University. As an undergraduate ma- Professor Smith is a -after mentor to other women in a field with a joring in political science, she worked with scholar, activist, and col- boy’s club atmosphere that rewards competi- many student organizations including, not sur- lector of feminist and tion over collegiality. To this end, she co- prisingly, the Duke Student Government Asso- LGBTQ print culture. founded The International Women’s Media Founda- ciation. She has been a visiting professor at the tion, and served on behalf of many other wom- Sanford School of Public Policy, served on the Tamar Stone Papers en’s organizations. Woodruff led by example Duke Board of Trustees, and is a Trustee of Stone’s work explores with her ability to balance career and family in the Duke Endowment. In 1999, she was given women’s lived experienc- the days when they were still seen as mutually the Futrell Award, which recognizes Duke alumni for outstanding careers in communica- es through creating exclusive for women. She is known for her fundraising and advocacy efforts on behalf of tions. unique books from inti- mate objects like corsets. 2 WOMEN at the CENTER Profiles in Research: Mairead Sullivan Fall Instruction Contributed by Mary Lily Travel Grant recipient Mairead Sullivan, Emory University, who spent a Theater Studies: Tell- week at the Bingham Center conducting research for ing Stories for Social her dissertation, currently titled: “Strange Matter: Change: Confronting Thinking Breastedly in Feminist and Queer Theory.” Sexual and Domestic The bulk of my research took place in the Violence Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Periodicals Collection. My interest in this specific collec- Visual Arts: Book Art tion was to explore how gay and lesbian press was metabolizing the women’s movements of Writing 101: Com- the 1970s, particularly in the years leading up posing Queer Spaces to the “feminist sex wars” and dawn of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the early 1980s. From Writing 101: Gender well-known periodicals like Toronto’s The & Activism Body Politic to smaller-run rags like Boulder Gay Record, I found a multitude of conversations, Writing 101: Gender From The Lesbian Tide, May-June 1973 debates, and points of support reaching across Diversities the political aims of gay and lesbian liberation The C.L.I.T. Papers—I was struck by how and the women’s movement. However, as such a seemingly anachronistic idea as lesbian Writing 101: The those who do archive work know, sometimes separatism continues to inform cultural con- Rockumentary that most interesting finds are the ones you ceptions of feminists today. Even more so, I least expect. have become interested in how these manifes- Women’s Studies: Over the course of the week, I found my- tos offered a kind of proto-articulation of Girls Go Global self more interested in the debates I was read- their own anti-social thesis. In my research, I ing in both lesbian and feminist periodicals am interested in the lesbian as a border figure Women’s Studies: about the politics and efficacy of lesbian sepa- between feminist and queer thought. My trip Women, Gender and to the Bingham Center provided me with rich ratism. Reading through some lesbian sepa- Sexuality in the U.S. resources for thinking through the strange ratist manifestos published here—such as The Furies Collective’s “Lesbians in Revolt” and relations of feminist and queer politics. Feminist Pedagogy continued from page 1 ates changing ideas about queer identity and feel (feminist pedagogy includes the affective community. I developed a think-pair-share aspects of learning) and got responses like exercise that asked students to focus on the this: “I felt very engaged and involved;” “I felt format and layout of zines, then compare and like I was exploring my zine in an innovative discuss similarities in format with a partner. way;” “Today’s activities made learning about Rather than giving my usual lecture about the zines more fun and they made me happy;” “I history of zines, I asked each pair to report really enjoyed this class, a refreshing new for- what they found to be characteristics of a zine mat and a great introduction into an invalua- out of which we generated a group definition.