For more information on people and events mentioned throughout the archival website, see below for sources.
Primary Sources and Penn Archives
Cohn, Mildred, et al. Women Faculty in the University of Pennsylvania. Committee on the Status of Women, University of Pennsylvania, 1971. University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center. https://archives.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/almanac-women-faculty-1971.pdf
Penn Women’s News. Vol. 1, no. 6. March 22, 1973. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504, Box 2, Folder 35. University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania.
Penn Women’s Center. Annual Report, 1973–1974. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania.
Penn Women’s Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, 1969–2023. UPE 504. University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Area Archives. https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center. “Women at Penn: 1969–1974.” Penn History. https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/women-timeline/1969-1974/
University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center. “Women at Penn: 1975–1992.” Penn History. https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/women-timeline/1975-1992/
University of Pennsylvania. Penn Women’s Studies Planners: Proposal for a Department of Women’s Studies. 1972. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania.
University of Pennsylvania Almanac
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “A Theme on Women.” February 13, 1973, vol. 19, no. 23. https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v19pdf/n23/021373.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Penn Women Protest ‘Playboy.’” February 27, 1979, vol. 25, no. 23. https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v25pdf/n23/022779.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Stop Rape: Steps Toward Solution.” April 10, 1973, vol. 19, no. 31. https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v19pdf/n31/041073.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “The Plan to Improve Safety for Women at Penn.” April 17, 1973, vol. 19, no. 32. https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v19pdf/n32/041773.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “125 Years of Women at Penn.” October 30, 2001, vol. 48, no. 10. https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v48/n10/125Timeline.html
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Safety Resource Guide.” September 12, 1978, vol. 25, no. 3. https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v25pdf/n03/091278-insert.pdf
Penn Institutional and Secondary Sources
FQT Center and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania. “Our History.” University of Pennsylvania. https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/center/archives/our-history
FQT Center and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania. “Carroll Smith-Rosenberg.” University of Pennsylvania. https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/people/carroll-smith-rosenberg
Penn Women’s Center. “About Us.” University of Pennsylvania. https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/.
Penn Women’s Center. “Voices of Change Project.” University of Pennsylvania. https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/voicesofchange/.
University of Pennsylvania Provost’s Office. “About PFWFGE.” University of Pennsylvania. https://provost.upenn.edu/forum/about-pfwfge/.
Women’s Studies and Feminist Scholarship
Greene, Elsa. “The Case for a National Women’s Studies Association.” Women’s Studies Quarterly 4, no. 1 (Winter 1976). https://academicworks.cuny.edu/wsq/210/.
Greene, Elsa, and Elaine Reuben. “Planning a National Women’s Studies Association.” Women’s Studies Quarterly (Spring 1976). https://academicworks.cuny.edu/wsq/183/.
Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR)
Temple University Libraries. “Women Organized Against Rape (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records.” Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. https://scrcarchivesspace.temple.edu/agents/corporate_entities/1778
Women Organized Against Rape. “Our History.” https://www.woar.org/our-history/.
Legal Sources
Rackin v. University of Pennsylvania. 386 F. Supp. 992 (E.D. Pa. 1974). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/386/992/2307735/.
Roe v. Wade. 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
Federal Government Sources
United States Department of Justice. “Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.” Civil Rights Division.
Newspaper and Periodical Sources
“‘Playboy’ Seeks Women Here to Pose Nude.” Harvard Crimson, November 30, 1978. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1978/11/30/playboy-seeks-women-here-to-pose/.
Institutional History
Pennsylvania Gazette. “‘A Place I Could Be Myself.’” The Pennsylvania Gazette. https://thepenngazette.com/a-place-i-could-be-myself/.
University of Pennsylvania. Impact of Feminist Action at the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania repository. https://repository.upenn.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/2c6eee82-62b0-4a15-aaac-6932d884da55/content
Primary and Archival Sources
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, 1969–2023. UPE 504. Especially Boxes 1–7, including annual reports, staff records, safety and security materials, sexual harassment materials, event files, and newspaper clippings.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Women’s Center. “Voices of Change Project.” Includes oral histories with Carol Tracy, Gloria Gay, and other members of the Penn Women’s Center community.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/voicesofchange/
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Women’s Center. “About Us.”
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Leaving: Carol Tracy.” Almanac, April 26, 1984.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v30pdf/n31/042484.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Women’s Center Advisory Board Congratulates Ellie DiLapi.” Almanac, April 9, 1985.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v31pdf/n29/040985.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Report of the Committee to Survey Harassment at the University of Pennsylvania.” Almanac, September 24, 1985.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v32pdf/n05/092485-insert.pdf
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. “Office of the Provost, Vice Provost’s General Files.” Finding aid. Includes the 1985 Unwanted Attention: Report from the Committee to Survey Harassment at the University of Pennsylvania and 1986 appendices.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPA6.7
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Women’s Center. “Women’s Center Turns 40.” Penn Gazette.
https://thepenngazette.com/womens-center-turns-40/
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Today. “Staff Q&A: Elena DiLapi.” April 17, 2003.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2003-04-17/latest-news/staff-qa-elena-dilapi
University of Pennsylvania. “New Faces, Same Mission: 50 Years of the Penn Women’s Center.” University Life, December 6, 2023.
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/new-faces-same-mission-50-years-of-the-penn-womens-center/
1983 Alpha Tau Omega Incident
“Student Accuses U. of Penn. Frat of Gang Rape.” Harvard Crimson, March 23, 1983.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1983/3/23/student-accuses-u-of-penn-frat/
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity v. University of Pennsylvania, 318 Pa. Super. 293, 464 A.2d 1349 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1983).
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1983/318-pa-super-293-1.html
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 6, Folder 6, “Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, ‘The Incident at Alpha Tau Omega,’” September 11, 1983.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Sexual Harassment and Title VII
University of Pennsylvania. “Report of the Committee to Survey Harassment at the University of Pennsylvania.” Almanac, September 24, 1985.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v32pdf/n05/092485-insert.pdf
Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986).
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/477/57/
National Women’s Conference, ERA, and Feminism
University of Houston, McGovern Historical Center. “The National Women’s Conference: Taking 1977 into the 21st Century.”
https://www.uh.edu/class/mcgovern/national-women-conference/
National Archives. “Equal Rights Amendment.”
https://www.archives.gov/women/era
National Archives. “Martha Griffiths.”
https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/griffiths
National Archives, DocsTeach. “Anti-ERA Booth at First National Women’s Conference.”
https://docsteach.org/document/stop-era-booth/
WOAR and the 1989 NCASA Conference
Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR). “History of WOAR.” The organization’s history identifies the 1989 eleventh annual National Coalition Against Sexual Assault conference as bringing approximately 600 participants to Philadelphia.
https://www.woar.org/our-history/
Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center. Women Organized Against Rape (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records. Includes materials relating to the 1989 National Coalition Against Sexual Assault conference.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/TUSCRC_SCRC415
“Announcements.” Hypatia 4, no. 3 (1989). Conference announcement for the National Coalition Against Sexual Assault conference, July 18–21, 1989, Philadelphia.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hypatia/article/announcements/2FB9C94A83E1E44544A42AE61DD3D250
Intersectionality and Women of Color
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw. “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics.” University of Chicago Legal Forum 1989, no. 1 (1989): 139–167.
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3007/
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color.” Stanford Law Review 43, no. 6 (1991): 1241–1299. https://edspace.american.edu/culturallysustainingclassrooms/wp-content/uploads/sites/1030/2017/09/Mapping-the-Margins.pdf
HIV/AIDS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Current Trends: Mortality Attributable to HIV Infection/AIDS—United States, 1981–1990.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, January 25, 1991.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001880.htm
Jeanne Clery and Campus Safety
Lehigh University. “Clery Act Information & Statistics.” Includes information about Jeanne Clery’s 1986 murder and the subsequent development of campus-safety legislation.
https://campussafety.lehigh.edu/police/clery-act-information-statistics
Office for Victims of Crime. “Campus Crime Legislation.” U.S. Department of Justice.
https://ovc.ojp.gov/sites/ovc/files/pubs/OVC_Archives/nvaa99/chap21-4.htm
Lehigh University Library. “Remembering Jeanne: How a Lehigh Student’s Tragic Death in 1986 Made an Enduring Impact on Campus Safety.”
https://library.lehigh.edu/news/remembering-jeanne-how-lehigh-students-tragic-death-1986-made-enduring-impact-campus-safety
Penn Women’s Center Archival Records
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, 1969–2023. UPE 504. Particularly useful for the 1990s are materials relating to Locust Walk, campus safety, student activism, the Women’s Center’s relocation, Women of Color Day, sexual assault, and the Center’s 25th anniversary.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 1, Folder 25, “Locust Walk, chronology of incidents,” 1990.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 10, “Locust Walk planning study,” October 1990.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 2, Folders 43–44, “Safety and Security binder,” 1990.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 5, Folders 25–34, newspaper and magazine clippings, 1990–1998.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 2, Folder 41, “Relocation to Locust Walk — drawings, correspondence, clippings, planning materials,” 1994–1996.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 2, Folder 19, “Locust House renovation, construction plans,” 1996–1997.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 2, Folder 20, “Locust House site plan,” 1996.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 2, Folder 29, “Locust House, operations and maintenance manual for renovations,” December 10, 1996.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 3, Folders 30–31 and Box 4, Folders 1–13, Women of Color Day and Women of Color Day Planning Committee materials, 1991–1997.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 7, Folder 12, “Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations — nomination form for Penn Women’s Center,” 1996.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 2, Folder 39, “Penn Women’s Center, services to individuals: documented case management/counseling services,” 1996–1997.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 2, Folder 40, “Rape Survivors Group — memoranda, flyer, evaluation,” 1996.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 2, Folder 45, “Sexual assault awareness program — program and clippings,” 1997.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 1, Folder 3, “25th Anniversary — event fliers and correspondence,” 1998.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Take Back the Night
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Take Back the Night; Safety and Security.” Almanac, March 20, 1990. The University calendar documents the March 26 Take Back the Night event on College Green.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v36pdf/n27/032090.pdf
Penn Women’s Center. “Voices of Change Project.” The Center identifies Take Back the Night as a Penn campus tradition beginning in the 1990s and describes the rally, march, survivor speak-out, and candlelight vigil.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/voicesofchange/
Take Back the Night. “History of Take Back the Night.” Provides national and Philadelphia history of the movement, including the 1975 Philadelphia march following the murder of Susan Alexander Speeth.
https://takebackthenight.org/history/
Diversify Locust Walk
University of Pennsylvania Archives. “Institutional Planning: Francis Sheldon Hackney.” Documents Hackney’s April 1990 announcement of the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk and explains the administration’s rationale for changing the physical and social character of the Walk.
https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/institutional-planning/hackney/
University of Pennsylvania Archives. Report of the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk. Almanac Supplement, September 17, 1991. This is the principal primary source for the Diversify Locust Walk movement and contains the committee’s seven objectives for the Walk.
https://archives.upenn.edu/digitized-resources/docs-pubs/institutional-planning/report-committee-diversify-locust-1991/
University of Pennsylvania Archives. Report of the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk, PDF.
https://archives.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/report-committee-diversify-locust-1991.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Report of the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk.” Almanac, September 17, 1991.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v38pdf/n04/091791-insert.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Final Report: Commission on Strengthening the Community.” Almanac, April 5, 1994. Discusses the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk as part of Penn’s broader efforts to address racial, ethnic, sexual, and social tensions.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/issues/past/strength_community_report.html
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Women’s Center. “Voices of Change Project — A Walk of Our Own.” Discusses the historical dominance of fraternity houses on Locust Walk, harassment experienced by minority and female students, and the early-1990s movement to diversify the Walk.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/voicesofchange/
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Women’s Center. “About Us.” Provides the Center’s own account of its eventual move to Locust Walk following the Diversify Locust Walk movement.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
History and Development of Locust Walk
University of Pennsylvania Archives. “Institutional Planning: Harold Edward Stassen.” Documents Stassen’s 1948 campus-development plan, including the proposal to develop Locust Street as a wooded mall closed to vehicular traffic.
https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/institutional-planning/stassen/
University of Pennsylvania Archives. “Images from the Saalbach Collection.” Provides historical photographs and documentation of Locust Street’s conversion into a pedestrian walkway. It records that Locust Street between 36th and 40th Streets was closed in stages between 1959 and 1971 and that the first block of Locust Walk was formally dedicated in October 1964.
https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/saalbach-images/
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Locust Walk Is Dedicated at President’s Day Exercises.” Almanac, October 1964. Documents the formal dedication of Locust Walk and Penn’s goal of creating a self-contained, pedestrian-oriented campus.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v11pdf/n02/100164.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Archives. Office of the President Records: Sheldon Hackney Administration. Includes files for the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk from 1990 and 1991.
https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upa4hackney/
University of Pennsylvania Archives. Vice President for Coordinated Planning Records. Includes records concerning “Old Locust Street – 36th–37th” and campus planning from the 1960s.
https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upb101_4/
University of Pennsylvania Archives. University Film Collection. Includes two film reels documenting Locust Walk.
https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upx11/
Penn Today. “For the Record: Locust Walk”. October 22, 2015. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2015-10-22/record/record-locust-walk
Fraternities and Locust Street
University of Pennsylvania Archives. “Early Penn Fraternities: Delta Phi (St. Elmo).” Documents the fraternity’s move to 3647 Locust Walk in 1960 and provides context for the relationship between fraternity houses and Locust Street/Walk.
https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/fraternities/listing/delta-phi/
University of Pennsylvania Archives. “Early Penn Fraternities: Alpha Sigma Phi.” Documents the fraternity’s residence at 3617 Locust Street during the twentieth century.
https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/fraternities/listing/alpha-sigma-phi/
University of Pennsylvania Archives. “Images from the Saalbach Collection.” Includes a 1961 photograph showing the 3600 block of Locust Street and the Delta Phi fraternity house at 3627 Locust Street.
https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/saalbach-images/
Erica Strohl and Students Together Against Acquaintance Rape (STAAR)
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Acquaintance Rape: D.C. Testimony.” Almanac, September 25, 1990. Reproduces Erica Strohl’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding acquaintance rape and the proposed Violence Against Women Act (S. 2754). Strohl identifies herself as a Penn senior and co-founder of Students Together Against Acquaintance Rape (STAAR).
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v37pdf/n05/092590.pdf
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. The History of the Violence Against Women Act. Documents Senator Joseph Biden’s introduction of the first Violence Against Women Act in 1990 and the legislation’s enactment in 1994.
https://www.justice.gov/archive/ovw/docs/history-vawa.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Archives. Office of the President Records: Sheldon Hackney Administration. Includes the 1990–1991 Committee to Diversify Locust Walk and related presidential records.
https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upa4hackney/
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Women’s Center. “Voices of Change Project.” Provides institutional oral-history context for the Center’s role in sexual-assault prevention, STAAR, and student activism.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/voicesofchange/
Violence Against Women Act of 1994
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. The History of the Violence Against Women Act. States that Senator Joseph Biden introduced the first VAWA in 1990 and that the legislation became law on September 13, 1994, as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
https://www.justice.gov/archive/ovw/docs/history-vawa.pdf
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “History.” Provides federal historical context for VAWA and the creation of the Office on Violence Against Women in 1995.
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/history
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “Legislation.” Lists VAWA 1994 and its subsequent reauthorizations.
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/legislation
National Domestic Violence Hotline. “Our History.” Documents the National Domestic Violence Hotline’s authorization under VAWA and its subsequent establishment.
https://www.thehotline.org/about/history-of-the-hotline/
Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act / Clery Act
20 U.S.C. § 1092. “Institutional and financial assistance information for students.” Federal statute establishing campus-security disclosure requirements and subsequent amendments.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/1092
Congressional Record. June 5, 1990. Legislative discussion concerning the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act and campus crime reporting.
https://www.congress.gov/101/crecb/1990/06/05/GPO-CRECB-1990-pt9-2-1.pdf
Judith Rodin and the Penn Administration
University of Pennsylvania. “Judith Rodin.” Office of the President. Documents Rodin’s tenure as Penn’s seventh president, 1994–2004.
https://president.upenn.edu/university-leadership/history/judith-rodin
University of Pennsylvania Archives. “Women at Penn: 1993–2004.” Documents Rodin’s presidency and her status as the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution.
https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/women-timeline/1993-2004/
University of Pennsylvania Archives. “Institutional Planning: Judith Seitz Rodin.” Documents Rodin’s election in 1993 and inauguration in 1994.
https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/institutional-planning/rodin/
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn’s History.” Institutional history of the University and its presidents.
https://www.upenn.edu/about/history
Penn Women’s Center Moves to Locust Walk, 1996
The Daily Pennsylvanian. “Women’s Center moves to Walk.” March 6, 1996. Reports that the Penn Women’s Center would move from Houston Hall to the former Theta Xi fraternity house at 3643 Locust Walk.
https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/03/womens_center_moves_to_walk
The Daily Pennsylvanian. “Women herald center’s opening.” October 7, 1996. Reports on the October opening of Locust House and describes the move as part of the University’s effort to diversify Locust Walk.
https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/10/women_herald_centers_opening
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Relocation materials, renovation plans, site plans, correspondence, and opening materials, 1994–1997.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Penn Women’s Center. “About Us.” Confirms the Center’s move to its present Locust Walk location following the Diversify Locust Walk movement.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
The Pennsylvania Gazette. “Women’s Center Turns 40.” Retrospective history of the Penn Women’s Center and the DiLapi era.
https://thepenngazette.com/womens-center-turns-40/
Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations Award, 1996
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Award for Human Relations.” Almanac, October 22, 1996. Announces the Professional Human Relations Award for Elena DiLapi and Gloria Gay.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v43pdf/102296.pdf
The Daily Pennsylvanian. “Human Relations Commission honors Women’s Ctr. officials.” October 25, 1996. Reports on DiLapi and Gay receiving the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations award and discusses the Center’s work addressing harassment, racial discrimination, and sexual violence.
https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/10/human-relations-commission-honors-womens-ctr-officials
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 7, Folder 12, “Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations — nomination form for Penn Women’s Center,” 1996.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Women’s Center: Safety and Security Issues.” Almanac, October 15, 1996. Lists the Center’s safety programs, participation in the University Council Safety and Security Committee and Acquaintance Rape/Sexual Violence Task Force, support for STAAR, and programming addressing women of color and international women students.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v43/n08/womenctr.html
Black Bottom and Penn’s Expansion into West Philadelphia
Puckett, John L. “The University City Science Center and the Black Bottom.” West Philadelphia Collaborative History, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Provides extensive historical context on Black Bottom, urban renewal, Penn expansion, and the displacement of Black residents.
https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/university-city-science-center-and-black-bottom
Puckett, John L. “Collateral Damage in Unit 3.” West Philadelphia Collaborative History. Examines the redevelopment of West Philadelphia and displacement associated with Penn’s expansion.
https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/node/120
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Walter D. Palmer Collection of Materials on the Black Bottom Project and Other Displaced Philadelphia Communities. Documents the history of Black Bottom and research into displaced Philadelphia communities.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPT50P173
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. “Redevelopment Unit 3.” West Philadelphia Collaborative History. Provides historical documentation of the redevelopment of the area formerly occupied by the Black Bottom.
https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/university-redevelopment-area-unit-3
University of Pennsylvania School of Design. West Powelton Final Report. Provides broader historical context for Penn’s postwar expansion and urban renewal in West Philadelphia.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/2010_West_Powelton_Final_Report_Part_1.pdf
Penn Women’s Center and Campus Safety in the 1990s
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Women’s Center: Safety and Security Issues.” Almanac, October 15, 1996. Documents the Women’s Center’s participation in campus safety policy, the Acquaintance Rape/Sexual Violence Task Force, student initiatives including STAAR, self-defense courses, counseling, educational programming, and collaboration with community organizations.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v43/n08/womenctr.html
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Final Report: Commission on Strengthening the Community.” Almanac, April 5, 1994. Discusses campus racial, ethnic, sexual, and social tensions and cites the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/issues/past/strength_community_report.html
University of Pennsylvania Archives. Institutional Planning at Penn. Provides access to digitized planning documents from the Hackney, Fagin, and Rodin administrations, including the 1991 Locust Walk report, the 1994 Minority Permanence report, and Rodin-era campus plans.
https://archives.upenn.edu/digitized-resources/docs-pubs/institutional-planning/
Penn Women’s Center 25th Anniversary
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Penn Women’s Center at 25.” Almanac, March 31, 1998. Documents the Center’s 25th-anniversary celebration and its theme of “Activism, Achievement and Advocacy.”
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v44/n27/newsbrief.html
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504. Box 1, Folder 3, “25th Anniversary — event fliers and correspondence,” 1998.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Penn Women’s Center: 25th Anniversary Open House.” Almanac, 1997. Documents the Center’s anniversary programming at 3643 Locust Walk.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/v44/n10/novcal.html
Women’s Rights, Race, Gender, and Intersectionality
Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams. “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics.” University of Chicago Legal Forum 1989, no. 1 (1989): 139–167. Useful for contextualizing the growing use of intersectional approaches to race and gender during the late 1980s and 1990s.
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3007/
Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color.” Stanford Law Review 43, no. 6 (1991): 1241–1299.
https://edspace.american.edu/culturallysustainingclassrooms/wp-content/uploads/sites/1030/2017/09/Mapping-the-Margins.pdf
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Report of the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk.” Almanac, September 17, 1991. Particularly useful for examining how race, gender, residential life, and campus space became connected in Penn’s institutional planning.
https://archives.upenn.edu/digitized-resources/docs-pubs/institutional-planning/report-committee-diversify-locust-1991/
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. “Final Report: Commission on Strengthening the Community.” Almanac, April 5, 1994.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/issues/past/strength_community_report.html
Additional Primary Sources and Institutional Records
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Office of the President Records: Sheldon Hackney Administration. Particularly relevant are Committee on Open Expression, Committee to Diversify Locust Walk, and campus-community materials from 1990–1992.
https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upa4hackney/
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center. Institutional Planning at Penn. Digitized planning documents from the Hackney, Fagin, and Rodin administrations.
https://archives.upenn.edu/digitized-resources/docs-pubs/institutional-planning/
University of Pennsylvania Almanac. Volume 38 (1991–1992). Includes the September 17, 1991 report of the Committee to Diversify Locust Walk and other campus-policy documents relevant to the early 1990s.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/issues/almpdf38.html
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Women’s Center. “Voices of Change Project.” Oral histories and institutional history relating to student activism, sexual violence, campus safety, and the Women’s Center.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/voicesofchange/
The Pennsylvania Gazette. “A Place I Could Be Myself.” Institutional history of the Penn Women’s Center and its leaders, including Carol Tracy, Elena DiLapi, Gloria Gay, and student activists.
https://thepenngazette.com/a-place-i-could-be-myself/
Penn Women’s Center Archival Records and 30th Anniversary
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Wilner, Elaine. “30 years of sisterly study at Penn.” Penn Today, October 30, 2003.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/node/149385
“Welcome home, sisters.” Penn Today, October 30, 2003.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/node/149382
University of Pennsylvania. “Staff Q&A: Elena DiLapi.” Penn Today, April 17, 2003.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2003-04-17/latest-news/staff-qa-elena-dilapi
University of Pennsylvania Archives. “Penn Women’s Center Records: 2000–2009 materials.” Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
2008 Department of Justice Grant
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “FY 2008 OVW Grant Awards by State.”
https://www.justice.gov/archives/ovw/awards/fy-2008-ovw-grant-awards-by-state
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “Campus Program.”
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/campus-program
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “Campus Program Fact Sheet.”
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/campus-program-fact-sheet
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. 2008 Biennial Report to Congress.
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/docs/2008-biennial-report-to-congress.pdf
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. Report to Congress: Campus Program, 2008 Activities.
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/ovw/legacy/2012/01/31/2009-campus-report-on-2008-activities.pdf
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “Protecting Students from Sexual Assault.”
https://www.justice.gov/archives/ovw/protecting-students-sexual-assault
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “Reports to Congress.”
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/reports-congress
Federal legislation and the Campus Program
U.S. Congress. Higher Education Amendments of 1998, §826, Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women on Campuses.
https://www.congress.gov/105/plaws/publ244/PLAW-105publ244.pdf
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “Violence Against Women Act.”
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/violence-against-women-act
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “History.”
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/history
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “Legislation and Regulations.”
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/legislation
Felicity “Litty” Paxton
University of Pennsylvania. “Felicity Paxton: Director of Penn Women’s Center.” Penn Almanac, September 2008.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v55/n04/paxton.html
University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication. “Litty Paxton.”
https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/litty-paxton-phd
University of Pennsylvania SNF Paideia Program. “Felicity ‘Litty’ Paxton.”
https://snfpaideia.upenn.edu/people/felicity-hannah-paxton/
Women’s Week and Maya Angelou
University of Pennsylvania. “February 2009: Maya Angelou, Women’s Week Keynote Address.” Penn Almanac, February 2009.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v55/n19/febcal09.html
University of Pennsylvania. “February at Penn, 2009.” Penn Almanac, February 2009.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v55/n19/pdf_n19/Febatpenn09.pdf
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504. See 2009 flyers, handouts, Women’s Week materials, and photographs.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Daily Pennsylvanian. Coverage of Maya Angelou’s 2009 Women’s Week appearance.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2009/01/civil_rights_activist_maya_angelou_to_speak_at_penn
Angela Davis
University of Pennsylvania. “Angela Davis: Race, Gender and Justice.” Penn Today, 2000.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/node/148850
Gloria Steinem
University of Pennsylvania. “Women’s Week: Gloria Steinem.” Almanac, 2006.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v52/n23/gs.html
2000 Election / “Women: Reclaim the Power of the Vote”
University of Pennsylvania. “Pols woo voters.” Penn Today, October 12, 2000.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/node/148986
Penn Women’s Center. “Women: Reclaim the Power of the Vote,” September 28, 2000. Event flyer/program, Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Pew Research Center. “A Gender War at the Ballot Box.” February 8, 2000.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2000/02/08/a-gender-war-at-the-ballot-box/
Pew Research Center. “Voter Engagement.” July 13, 2000.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2000/07/13/ii-voter-engagement/
KFF. “The Gender of Politics: How (And How Much) Will Women Influence Election 2000?” 2000.
https://www.kff.org/hivaids/the-gender-of-politics-how-and-how/
Amy Gutmann
University of Pennsylvania Office of the President. “Amy Gutmann.”
https://president.upenn.edu/university-leadership/history/amy-gutmann
University of Pennsylvania. “Inaugural Address of Amy Gutmann,” 2004.
https://secretary.upenn.edu/static/inauguration/speech.html
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Compact: Inclusion.”
https://gutmann-archived.president.upenn.edu/penn-compact/inclusion
University of Pennsylvania. “Inspiring people, place, and purpose: President Amy Gutmann.” Penn Today.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/inspiring-people-places-purpose-president-amy-gutmann
Donna Gladstone
University of Pennsylvania Facilities & Real Estate Services. “Contacts.”
https://facilities.upenn.edu/contacts
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Penn Consortium for Undergraduate Women / PAGE
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Association for Gender Equity (PAGE).”
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center — Voices of Change.”
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/voicesofchange/
Sonia Sanchez / Grandmothers Against War
Penn Women’s Center. “Grandmothers Against War” event flyer, 2005. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
The Guardian. “Meet Bush’s latest enemy in the war on Iraq: the Raging Grannies of Tucson, Arizona.” April 28, 2006. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/apr/29/politics.usa
Luz Marín / Puerto Rican Reproductive Politics
Penn Women’s Center. “Sterilization, Population Control, and the Question of Self-Determination for Puerto Rican Women,” Women of Color Networking event, 2006. Penn Women’s Center Records, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Unidos. “The long history of forced sterilization of Latinas.” December 16, 2021.
https://unidosus.org/blog/2021/12/16/the-long-history-of-forced-sterilization-of-latinas/
PWC Violence-Prevention Work Before 2008
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records: West Philadelphia Collaborative Program to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus, 2003–2004.” UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records: Sexual Assault Counseling Resources, 2004–2006.” UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records: Elena DiLapi, ‘Abuse Issues in Dating Violence,’ 2000.” UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records: Violence Against Women Consortium, 2003.” UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Penn Women’s Center: General History, Expansion, and 40th Anniversary
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center celebrates 40 years.” Penn Today, September 12, 2013.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2013-09-12/features/penn-women%E2%80%99s-center-celebrates-40-years
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center turns 40.” Penn Almanac, October 29, 2013.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v60/n11/novemberextras13.html
Penn Women’s Center. “Voices of Change Project.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/voicesofchange/
University of Pennsylvania. “About Us.” Penn Women’s Center.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
Environmental Education Kitchen / PEEK
Leong, Jeanne. “Penn Women’s Center kitchen goes green.” Penn Today, October 20, 2011.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2011-10-20/latest-news/penn-women%E2%80%99s-center-kitchen-goes-green
Penn Women’s Center. “PWC PEEK Kitchen & Sustainability.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/peek/
University of Pennsylvania. “New Round of Projects Selected for Penn Green Fund Grants.” Penn Today.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/new-round-projects-selected-penn-green-fund-grants
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn’s GCP Seeking Green Fund Grant Applications.” Penn Today.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-s-green-campus-partnership-seeking-green-fund-grant-applications-submission-deadline-oct-3
University of Pennsylvania. “Climate Action Plan: Summary.” Penn Almanac, September 29, 2009.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v56/n05/cap-summary.html
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn announces Climate Action Plan.” Penn Today, September 15, 2009.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/node/149946
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn’s Climate Action Plan.” Penn Almanac, September 29, 2009. PDF.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v56/n05/pdf_n05/ClimateActionPlan.pdf
Penn Sustainability. “Our History.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://www.sustainability.upenn.edu/index.php/about/our-history
University of Pennsylvania. “Climate Action Plan Executive Summary.” Penn Almanac, February 7, 2012.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v58/n21/climate.html
American Chemical Society. “Campuses Pledge Climate Neutrality.” Chemical & Engineering News, June 14, 2007.
https://cen.acs.org/articles/85/web/2007/06/Campuses-Pledge-Climate-Neutrality.html
Jessica Mertz and Penn Violence Prevention
University of Pennsylvania. “News Briefs.” Penn Today, July 2, 2009.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2009-07-02/news-brief/news-briefs
Leong, Jeanne. “Penn Women’s Center offers anti-violence advocate training.” Penn Today, May 12, 2011.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2011-05-12/latest-news/penn-women%E2%80%99s-center-offers-anti-violence-advocate-training
University of Pennsylvania. “Mertz Named Director of Student Sexual Violence Prevention, Education at Penn.” Penn Today, August 18, 2014.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/jessica-mertz-named-director-student-sexual-violence-prevention-and-education-penn
University of Pennsylvania. “Student Sexual Violence Prevention & Education: Jessica Mertz.” Penn Almanac, September 16, 2014.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v61/n05/pdf/091614.pdf
University of Pennsylvania. “Jessica Mertz, director of Sexual Violence Prevention and Education.” Penn Almanac, 2015.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/volume-62-number-21
Penn Women’s Center. “Welcome to the Penn Women’s Center.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/page/3/
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Nina Harris and Anti-Violence Education
Leong, Jeanne. “Penn Women’s Center offers anti-violence advocate training.” Penn Today, May 12, 2011.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2011-05-12/latest-news/penn-women%E2%80%99s-center-offers-anti-violence-advocate-training
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Penn Women’s Center. “Welcome to the Penn Women’s Center.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/page/3/
The Vagina Monologues, V-Day, and WOAR
Davidson, Andie. “‘Vagina Monologues’ raises over $43,000 for rape victims.” The Daily Pennsylvanian, February 12, 2012.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2012/02/the_vagina_monologues_raises_over_43k_dollars_for_rape_victims
Tan, Rebecca. “Vagina Monologues wants to incorporate Penn students’ experiences.” The Daily Pennsylvanian, October 11, 2016.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2016/10/vagmons-collects-students-stories
DiGia, Brooke. “Now in its 17th year, The Vagina Monologues heightens focus on diversity of experience.” The Daily Pennsylvanian, February 12, 2017.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2017/02/vagina-monologues-features-trans-actors
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Penn Monologues
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn V-Day Presents: Penn Monologues.” Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, 2020.
https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/events/2020/02/20/penn-v-day-presents-penn-monologues
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn V-Day Presents the Penn Monologues.” University Life Calendar.
https://ulife.vpul.upenn.edu/calendar/view/penn-v-day-presents-the-penn-monologues/324/
University of Pennsylvania. “University Life Annual Report 2020.”
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/ar2020_main/
Penn Women’s Center. “Welcome to the Penn Women’s Center.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/page/2/
Parenting, Lactation, and Work-Life Balance
University of Pennsylvania. “Family Grant Program for PhD Students.” Penn Almanac, February 22, 2011.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v57/n23/familygrant.html
University of Pennsylvania. “Family Grant Program for PhD Students.” Penn Almanac, February 22, 2011. PDF.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v57/n23/pdf_n23/022211.pdf
Penn Women’s Center. “Lactation & Parenting Information.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/lactation/
Family Resource Center. “Resources & Support.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://familycenter.upenn.edu/resources-support
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
National Sexual Violence Context
White House. “President Obama Launches the ‘It’s On Us’ Campaign to End Sexual Assault on Campus.” September 19, 2014.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/09/19/President-Obama-launches-its-us-campaign-end-sexual-assault-campus
White House. “It’s On Us, a Growing Movement to End Campus Sexual Assault.” September 24, 2014.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/09/24/its-us-growing-movement-end-campus-sexual-assault
White House. “Get Off the Sidelines: It’s On Us.” November 13, 2014.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/11/13/get-sidelines-its-us
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “Violence Against Women Act.”
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/violence-against-women-act
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. “Campus Program.”
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/campus-program
Penn Association for Gender Equity (PAGE)
University of Pennsylvania. “About Us.” Penn Women’s Center.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
University of Pennsylvania Kelly Writers House. “Collaborations & Partnerships.”
https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/people/collaborations.php
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Records.” University Archives and Records Center, UPE 504.
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_ARCHIVES_PU-AR.UPE504
Penn Women’s Center. “Welcome to the Penn Women’s Center.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/page/2/
Sherisse Laud-Hammond
University of Pennsylvania. “Sherisse Laud-Hammond: Penn Women’s Center Director.” Penn Almanac, January 22, 2019.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/sherisse-laud-hammond-penn-womens-center-director
University of Pennsylvania. “Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director.” Penn Today, February 26, 2021.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/sherisse-laud-hammond-reflects-transformative-tear-penn-womens-center-director
University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice. “MSW Alumna Reflects on Transformative Year as Penn Women’s Center Director.” February 23, 2021.
https://sp2.upenn.edu/msw-alumna-reflects-on-transformative-year-as-penn-womens-center-director/
University of Pennsylvania, University Life. “Penn Women’s Center Director makes history as first Black woman to hold post.”
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/penn-womens-center-director-makes-history-as-first-black-woman-to-hold-post/
University of Pennsylvania. “University Life Annual Report 2020.”
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/ar2020_main/
Penn Women’s Center. “About Us.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
COVID-19 and the PWC in 2020
University of Pennsylvania. “University Life Annual Report 2020.”
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/ar2020_main/
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center Director makes history as first Black woman to hold post.” University Life.
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/penn-womens-center-director-makes-history-as-first-black-woman-to-hold-post/
University of Pennsylvania. “Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director.” Penn Today, February 26, 2021.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/sherisse-laud-hammond-reflects-transformative-tear-penn-womens-center-director
Elisa Foster
University of Pennsylvania. “Q&A with Elisa Foster, New Director of Penn Women’s Center.” University Life.
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/elisa-foster-new-director-of-pwc/
University of Pennsylvania. “Elisa Foster.” Center for Research in Feminist, Queer & Transgender Studies / GSWS.
https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/people/elisa-foster
Penn Women’s Center. “About Us.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
University of Pennsylvania. “‘A place where advocacy, equality, and wellness come together.’” Penn Today, April 7, 2023.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-womens-center-gender-advocacy-equality-wellness
Jasmine Greene
Penn Women’s Center. “About Us.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
George Washington University. “Jasmine Greene.” College of Professional Studies.
https://cps.gwu.edu/jasmine-greene
Penn Women’s Center. “PennGenEq Pre-Orientation Program.”
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/penngeneq-pre-orientation-program/
Catharine Sciolla
University of Pennsylvania. “A Haven for Half a Century.” University Life.
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/a-haven-for-half-a-century/
University of Pennsylvania. “Reproductive Justice Conference.” University Life Calendar.
https://ulife.vpul.upenn.edu/calendar/view/reproductive-justice-conference/3794/
University of Pennsylvania. “A place where advocacy, equality, and wellness come together.” Penn Today, April 7, 2023.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-womens-center-gender-advocacy-equality-wellness
Penn Monologues and the Transition Away from The Vagina Monologues
University of Pennsylvania. “University Life Annual Report 2020.”
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/ar2020_main/
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn V-Day Presents: Penn Monologues.” Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, February 20–22, 2020.
https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/events/2020/02/20/penn-v-day-presents-penn-monologues
Tan, Rebecca. “Vagina Monologues wants to incorporate Penn students’ experiences.” The Daily Pennsylvanian, October 11, 2016.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2016/10/vagmons-collects-students-stories
DiGia, Brooke. “Now in its 17th year, The Vagina Monologues heightens focus on diversity of experience.” The Daily Pennsylvanian, February 12, 2017.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2017/02/vagina-monologues-features-trans-actors
Reproductive Justice and Contemporary PWC Programming
University of Pennsylvania. “Reproductive Justice Conference.” University Life Calendar.
https://ulife.vpul.upenn.edu/calendar/view/reproductive-justice-conference/3794/
Penn Women’s Center. “Welcome to the Penn Women’s Center.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/page/2/
Penn Women’s Center. “About Us.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
University of Pennsylvania. “‘A place where advocacy, equality, and wellness come together.’” Penn Today, April 7, 2023.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-womens-center-gender-advocacy-equality-wellness
Lactation, Parenting, and Family Support
Penn Women’s Center. “Lactation & Parenting Information.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/lactation/
Family Resource Center. “Resources & Support.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://familycenter.upenn.edu/resources-support
University of Pennsylvania. “Family Grant Program for PhD Students.” Penn Almanac, February 22, 2011.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/archive/volumes/v57/n23/familygrant.html
University of Pennsylvania. “University Life Annual Report 2020.”
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/ar2020_main/
50th Anniversary
University of Pennsylvania. “A Haven for Half a Century.” University Life.
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/a-haven-for-half-a-century/
University of Pennsylvania. “A Haven for Half a Century.” Inspiring Impact, June 18, 2024.
https://giving.upenn.edu/a-haven-for-half-a-century/
University of Pennsylvania. “Penn Women’s Center 50th Anniversary Celebration.” Penn Almanac, 2023.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/volume-70-number-34
University of Pennsylvania. “Update: May AT PENN.” Penn Almanac, 2024.
https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/update-may-at-penn-v70-n34
Penn Women’s Center. “Voices of Change Project.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/voicesofchange/
PWC Mission and Institutional Identity
Penn Women’s Center. “About Us.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/aboutus/
Penn Women’s Center. “Welcome to the Penn Women’s Center.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/page/2/
University of Pennsylvania. “‘A place where advocacy, equality, and wellness come together.’” Penn Today, April 7, 2023.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-womens-center-gender-advocacy-equality-wellness
University of Pennsylvania. “A Haven for Half a Century.” University Life.
https://universitylife.upenn.edu/a-haven-for-half-a-century/
Penn Women’s Center. “PWC PEEK Kitchen & Sustainability.” University of Pennsylvania.
https://pwc.universitylife.upenn.edu/peek/