Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction to The History of Women at UC Berkeley

Section I: Chronicles

1. An overview of the first hundred years

• Part I: 1870s through the Turn of the 19th Century

• Part II: WWI through the 1920s

• Part III: WWII through the 1950s

• Part IV: The Sixties and Seventies

   2.  Undergraduate student life, campus experience, organizations,and political movements

• “The Want Most Keenly Felt”: University YWCA, The Early Years 

• Honor Among Fiends: UC's Role in the Founding of Iota Sigma Pi

• A History of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at Berkeley

• Women in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering: A Network of OurOwn

• The Prytanean Society: More than a Century of Remarkable Women

• The Early Prytaneans 
• Catalyst for Change at Berkeley: The University Women’s Center
• Girton Hall: The Gift of Julia Morgan
• Ida Louise Jackson, Class of ’22
• The Fighting spirit of Ida Louise Jackson
• As I Walk these Paths: Honoring the Unheralded Courage of the AfricanAmerican Women Pioneers of the University of California, Berkeley
• Black Women Matter: Recognizing the Legacies of Black Women at Cal Sheila 
• Dean Lucy Sprague, The Partheneia, and the Arts 
• 150 Years and Counting: Co-education and the College of Chemistry
• You’ve Come a Long Way, Bambina! Pioneering Italian Women at Berkeley
• Other Voices: Glimpses of African American, Chinese American, andJapanese American Students at Berkeley, From the 1920s to the mid-1950s.
• Japanese and Chinese Student Organizations at Berkeley from 1900 to 1946:Finding Community in the Face of Exclusion
• North Gables: A Boardinghouse with a Heart
• 1942: Lights and Darks
• Reflections on Leadership in the Berkeley Panhellenic Community
• "They Got Woken Up": SLATE and Women's Activism at UC Berkeley
• Women in the Free Speech Movement
•  The Marching Band: “We Don’t Have Any Women in This Band,” and“Men, Women and Song”
• Zona Roberts and Learning to Walk Backwards, From the Oral HistoryCenter Archives
• “Crip Camp” Documentary and Judy Heumann: Studies in the DisabilityMovement--Snapshots
• Berkeley Women in the Disability Rights Movement
• Indigenous Leaders – 150 Years of Women

Athletics (subsection I, 2a)

• A Gym of Their Own: Women, Sports, and Physical Culture at the BerkeleyCampus, 1876-1976
• Cal Women's Rowing: A Half Century of Women's Crew at Berkeley

Part I, Introduction: About the Cal Women’s Rowing History Project

Part II. Introduction to the History of Women’s Rowing at Cal

Part III. Cal Women’s Crew Interviews conducted by Jean Sacconaghi Strauss, Class of 1978. 

Part IV. Cal Women’s Rowing Crew Data

Rowing Appendix:

• The Establishment of Cal Women’s Crew in 1974-1975
• Cal Women’s Crew: A sketch from the 60’s
• Cal Women's Crew Pre-Title IX

150 Years of Women in Sports at Berkeley:

• Legendary Hotchkiss Wightman Revolutionized Game (Tennis)
• Helen Wills: Queen of Berkeley Tennis
• Layshia Clarendon Basketball Star
• Carli Lloyd: From California’s Powerhouse to Global Playmaker (Volleyball)
• Examining the Complex History, Evolution of Journalism Coverage of CalWomen’s Athletics
• Missy Franklin Olympic Swimmer
• Profiles from Cal Lacrosse

3.  Graduate student education and professional training

• Academic Ambitions: The First Fifteen Women Who Earned Ph.D.s from theUniversity of California.

• Celestial Observers: The First Sixteen Berkeley Women Doctoral Graduatesin Astronomy (1913-1952)

• First Women Botanists at Berkeley

• Early Women PhDs in Zoology at Berkeley, 1902-1927

4.  Women faculty, research, and administrative leaders

• Academic Pioneers: Women Faculty at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s. 

• Asian American Women Faculty: Interviews in 2020-2021

• Professor Serena Chen: Turning Difference into a Catalyst [Psychology] 

• Atreyee Gupta: Professor of Art History

• Professor Azma Kazmi, World’s Reality through Art

• Asian American Women at Berkeley: Interviews with Asian American Faculty and Students

• The Evolution of Gender Equity Among the Professoriate,

• Celebrating Women, Transgender, and Non-Binary Research Leaders WhoLead the VCRO’s research institutes and centers, museums, and field stations. 

5.  Women Staff

• May Cheney’s Contribution to the Modern University

• Berkeley Women Staff: Historical Profiles.

• Few Concerns, Fewer Women

• “We Were Democracy Mad:” Clerical Workers’ Unionism, Antiracism, and Feminism at the University of California Berkeley, 1966-1972

• “Fed Up”: A Clerical Workers’ Manifesto Sparks a Comparable-Worth Campaign at the University of California at Berkeley, 1970-1974

• Women of the Library

6.  Alumnae

• “No Man and No Thing Can Stop Me”: Fannie McLean, Woman Suffrage, and the University

• Anna Head: Pioneer for Women’s Education

• Japanese American Alumnae of the University of California, Berkeley: Lives and Legacy

• Susan O’Hara (1938-2018): A Champion of Disability Rights and Independent Living

• Black Women Matter: The Legacies of Black Women at Berkeley 

• The Sorority Sister Who Battled Racism in Berkeley and Beyond Rae Alexandra

• Willa Clair Cloys Carmack: Excelling in the ‘Women’s Particular Sphere’ of Residential Design

7.  Women benefactors and philanthropists

• Women Who Built the Berkeley Campus

• Cora, Jane & Phoebe: Fin-de-Siècle Philanthropy

• Hearst Hall, From the 1904 Blue and Gold, Gift of Phoebe A. Hearst

• Faculty Wives: The History of the University Section Club

• Women Breaking Barriers, A Film Celebrating 150 Years of Women at Berkeley: https://youtu.be/Az17HDyRsss

• The Women’s Faculty Club: Why was it necessary in 1920 to found a separate women’s faculty club? Chapter 6, Women at Berkeley, The First Hundred Years

Section II: Women in Academic Disciplines

Humanities

Art History

• Atreyee Gupta: Professor of Art History

• Professor Azma Kazmi, World’s Reality through Art

Comparative Literature

• From the Founding of the Department of the Comparative Literature through the 1970s

• Carol Clover, Professor Emerita of the Class of 1936, Scandinavian and Film Studies, Interview. 

• Masiello Reflections, "The Feminist Archive"

East Asian Languages

• Profile of Elizabeth Huff (1912-88), Founding Head of the East Asiatic Library, UC Berkeley

• Susan Matisoff, Professor of East Asian Language and Cultures, Interview. 

English

• 150 Years of Women in the English Department

• Carol Christ, Professor of English, Chancellor of the University of California Berkeley,

• Catherine Gallagher, Ida May and William J. Eggers Jr. Chair of English, Interview. Paula Fass and Christina Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s, Interviews conducted 2019-2021

• Josephine Miles

German

• Women of the German Department

Music

• Women Faculty in the Department of Music, 1915-1975

• Bonnie Wade, Professor of Music

Social Sciences

Anthropology

• Women of the Hearst Museum of Anthropology: Lila Morris O’Neale, Zelia Nuttall, Irene Sawyer, Berta Bascom, Phoebe Apperson Hearst
• Ruth Tringham, Professor of Anthropology, Interview. 

Archaeology

• Women in Archaeology at UC-Berkeley: An Unusual Richness

Asian American Studies

• Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies.

Economics

• History of Women Faculty in Economics
• Clair Brown, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Society, Interview.

Ethnic Studies

• 150W: Matriarchs of TWLF* Ethnic Studies: A look into the history of the matriarchs of the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley

Gender and Women’s Studies

• A Quiet Struggle: Women’s Studies at Berkeley

• Reclaiming Our 1970s Feminist History: Creating the Berkeley Women’s Studies Movement Archive in the Bancroft Library

• The History of Women's Studies is a History of Conflict

History

Women in the Department of History

• Front Matter: Introduction, Note to Readers, Sources 

• Part I. The Chronology of Faculty Appointments of Women, 1958-2020

• Part II: The First Nineteen Women Faculty Members, 1958-1999

• Part III: Voices, Personal Contributions from Some of the First Nineteen. Entry for Mary Elizabeth Berry provides a broader history of the Department.

• Part IV: A Survey of Women Who Received Ph.D. Degrees from the Department of History, Focus on 1919-1979. Mary Elizabeth Berry

• Part V: Documents: Adrienne Koch, “Two Cheers for Equality,” 1963 Elizabeth Colson and Elizabeth Scott, “Report of the Subcommittee on the Status of Academic Women on the Berkeley Campus,” 1970

• Adrienne Koch. David Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of History Emeritus, UC Berkeley

• Natalie Zemon Davis, Professor of History, Interview. Paula Fass and Christine Maslach,
• Paula Fass, Margaret S. Byrne Professor Emerita, Interview. Paula Fass and Christine Maslach, "Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s." Interviews conducted 2019-2021

Linguistics

• Women in Berkeley Linguistics. Andrew Garrett, Compiler, Professor of Linguistics, UC Berkeley

• Robin Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, Interview. Paula Fass and Christina Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s, Interviews conducted 2019-2021

• Leanne Hinton, Professor of Linguistics, Interview. Paula Fass and Christina Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s, Interviews conducted 2019-2021

Near Eastern Studies

• Women in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. Francesca Rochberg, Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies and the Office for the History of Science and Technology, UC Berkeley

Political Science

• Women in Political Science. Ritika Goel, Graduate Student, and Professor Alison Post, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley

• Four Women in California Politics. Edward Lempinen, Berkeley News, October 2, 2020

Psychology

• A Social History of Female Faculty in Psychology at UC Berkeley (1888-2021)

Part I: 10 Trailblazing Women from Psychology who Attained Notable “Firsts”

Part II: Celebrating our Female Ph.D. Graduates in Psychology

Part III: The Social History of the Female Faculty in Psychology at Berkeley  

• Christina Maslach, Professor of Psychology, Interview. Paula Fass and Christine Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s. Interviews conducted 2019-2021

• Rhona Weinstein, Professor of Psychology, Interview. Paula Fass and Christina Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s, Interviews conducted 2019-2021.

Sociology

• Celebrating the Women Behind UC Berkeley Sociology. Compilers: David Harding, Sociology Chair, Noah Barrientos, Sociology Department Manager, Allena Cayce, Communications Manager, Nataly Torres, Student Assistant, Class of 2026

• Life's Work: History, Biography, and Ideas. Ann Swidler. Annual Review of Sociology. 2023. 49:21–37

Life Sciences

Botany

• First Women Botanists at Berkeley

Biology

• Beth Burnside, Professor of Physiology and Anatomy, Division Biology, Interview. , Interviews conducted 2019-2021
• Marvalee Wake, Professor of Biology/Zoology, Division of Biology, Interview. 

Zoology

• Early Women PhDs in Zoology at UC, 1902-1927

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

• Women Pioneers in Science and Math at Berkeley: An Overview

Astronomy

• Celestial Observers: The First Sixteen Berkeley Women Doctoral Graduates in Astronomy (1913-1952)

Chemistry

• 150 years and counting: Co-education and the College of Chemistry 

• Berkeley’s First Women Chemists

• Honor Among Fiends: UC’s Role in the Founding of Iota Sigma Pi

• Judith Klinman

Earth and Planetary Science (formerly Geology)

• Women of Earth and Planetary Science

Mathematics

• Women Mathematicians at Berkeley--The Early Years. Association of Women in Mathematics Newsletter, 36 (4), 2006

• Narratives of UC Berkeley Women Mathematicians

• Tenured Women at Berkeley Before 1980

Physics

• One Hundred Years of Women at Berkeley Physics

• Physicist Melba N. Phillips: Indiana’s Oppenheimer Connection

• Melba Phillips: Leader in Science and Conscience

Statistics (2023 in the College of Computing, Data Science and Society (CDSS)

• 150 Years of Women in Statistics

• Betty Scott: Professor Pioneered Using Statistics to Address Bias in University Hiring

• The Inimitable F. N. David: A Renaissance Statistician

Professional Schools and Colleges

Agriculture

• Aggie Women: The University at Davis

Business

• Women of Influence: Celebrating 150 Years of Women at Berkeley

• Karlene Roberts, Haas School of Business, Interview. Paula Fass and Christina Maslach

Education School, formerly Graduate School of Education

• 150 Years of Women at Berkeley, and the School of Education

Engineering

• College of Engineering: 150 Years of Women in Engineering

• UCB Celebrates 150 Years of Women in Engineering

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: First Women of EECS
• Magdalene Crowley, Communications Coordinator, Department of EECS

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

• 150 Years of Women in IEOR

Material Science and Engineering

• Fiona Doyle, Donald H. McLaughlin Professor, Interview. 

Mechanical Engineering

• 150 Years of Women in Mechanical Engineering

College of Environmental Design

• 150 Years of Women at CED

• A Brief History of Women in the Department of City and Regional Planning.

• Galen Cranz, Professor of Architecture, Interview. 

• Mabel Symmes, a Cautiously Daring Designer

• Willa Clair Cloys Carmack: Excelling in the ‘Women’s Particular Sphere’ of Residential Design

Information Science School [formerly Library Science]

• Introducing 150 Years of Women in the History of the I School

Berkeley School of Law

• Legacy of Berkeley Law’s first Black Female Graduate Lives on

• Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong

• Herma Hill Kay

• Babette Barton

• Marjorie Schultz

• Eleanor Swift, Interview
• Marjorie Shultz, Interview.

Optometry

• Celebrating the Women of Optometry

Public Health

• Dr. Joyce Lashof - A Public Health Pioneer in the Midst of Sexism

Rausser College of Natural Resources

• Women in Nutrition: Morgan, Calloway and King Sitong Wan, Undergraduate research apprentice (URAP) 2020

• Doris Howes Calloway: Exceptional Model, Mentor, and Humanitarian Mary L. Blackburn, Janet C. King, Nancy F. Butte, Suzanne P. Murphy, Allison A. Yates, MollyJ. Kretch. History of Nutrition vol. 8 (5) September/October 2023

Social Welfare

• Jessica Blanche Peixotto and the Founding of Berkeley Social Welfare 
• Taylor Gibbs, Professor Emerita, Interview. 
• Mary Ann Mason, Professor of Social Welfare and Graduate Dean, Interview.                 

Section III: Guides to Sources

Section IV: Documents

Database of Cal Women https://edge.berkeley.edu/150w-database/

Bibliography