Monday, June 1st, 2020
From Special Collections/University Archives: Women’s Affirmative Action 1972
The “Women’s Affirmative Action Report” was published in 1972, exposing key insights in the battle for equal rights for women on Bucknell’s campus. The Bucknellian…
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Sunday, March 1st, 2020
From Special Collections/University Archives: 100 Years Ago: — Suffrage and Lewis & Mary Theiss
Looking back at life 100 years ago can be shocking, especially considering how far we have come and how much farther we have to go.…
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
From Special Collections/University Archives: The First Women of the University
Since the time the University at Lewisburg (former name of Bucknell University) was established in 1846 in the basement of the Baptist Church in Lewisburg,…
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Sunday, May 5th, 2019
From Special Collections/University Archives: Bucknell Women’s Basketball
The women’s basketball games the Bucknell community enjoys today actually represent a long history of women athletic programs supported by the University. In 1895, a…
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
From Special Collections/University Archives: Emmy Winner, Doris Ann Scharfenberg ’38
In 1973, a Bucknellian made her way to the Emmy Awards and won the academy award for Outstanding Achievement in Religious Programming for her film…
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Sunday, March 31st, 2013
Featured Women’s History Database: Contemporary Women’s Issues
Contemporary Women’s Issues
Contemporary Women’s Issues (CWI), a multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, “gray” literature, and the alternative press…
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Monday, March 25th, 2013
Featured Women’s History Database: Berg Fashion Library
Berg Fashion Library
The Berg Fashion Library is a unique online portal which provides integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout…
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