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Three waves of women's studies in the US are examined. The first wave, beginning in the nineteenth century & inseparable from the movement of women to obtain access to political institutions, pushed for access to educational institutions & the domain of reason. The first wave was supplemented by the second wave in the middle of the twentieth century, which increased the push for access to eductional institutions & sought to create ideas, norms, & public spaces for women. Reduction of overt discrimination, awareness of gender issues such as sexual harassment & need for child care, & more equitable employment were some of the achievements of the second wave. The third wave of women's studies is propelled by the current generation of women & emphasizes the integration of women & gender issues in eductional curricula & the formulation of a set of values for women that are not merely based in disdain for patriarchy. D. Generoli

The beginning of Women's Studies has a special history in India. It owes its origin not only to some stalwarts but also to the historical times in which its birth took place. Its location in the SNDT Women's University in Mumbai was at the initiative of Dr Neera Desai, a Professor of Sociology at that university. Her own work on women's issues in her Master's thesis and her involvement in the women's movement gave her the background for envisaging that a women's university should engage with analysis of women's condition and not just teach women other academic disciplines. It was with this motive, that the Research Centre for Women's Studies was set up in 1974, a year before the publication of the report Towards Equality of the Government of India. The university - originally begun at the initiative of the educationist Shri Dhondo Kheshav Karve received a handsome grant from the industrialist Shri Damodar Thackersey and got named after his mother Shrimathi Nathibai Damodar Thackersey hereafter SNDT Women's University. The Centre with the involvement of able and farsighted administrators at this university spearheaded the development of this Centre, which became the torch bearer for raising women's issues.

With sharp wit and keen insight, Bonnie J. Morris opens new perspectives on the gender and generation gaps on campus, exploring the negative stereotypes that keep many students from taking women's studies courses. Since 1993, the George Washington University women's history professor has traveled the globe with her one-woman play, "Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor," engaging audiences from New Zealand to New York in a frank conversation about the backlash against feminism and women's studies. This book presents scenes from the original play along with reflections on changing views of gender and sexuality in American society, politics, and popular culture. The result is part memoir, part history of our times, and part critique of higher education.