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Summary
- Abstract:
- The collection includes materials related to the women's issues with a particular emphasis on the University at Albany, SUNY. Records of particular interest are those of Albany Women Against Rape, Capital District Women, and the Caucus on Women's Rights at SUNY. Also included are issues of the publication The Spokeswoman (1971-1981).
- Extent:
- 0.5 cubic ft.
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Judith Fetterley Papers, 1971-1993. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Fetterley Papers).
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection includes materials related to the women's issues with a particular emphasis on the University at Albany, SUNY. Records of particular interest are those of Albany Women Against Rape, Capital District Women, and the Caucus on Women's Rights at SUNY. Also included are issues of the publication The Spokeswoman (1971-1981).
Related collections include Andrea Lurie (APAP-051), Joan Schultz (APAP-216), Gloria DeSole (APAP-215), and the Caucus on Women's Rights at SUNY, Albany Chapter (UA-089). Additional related collections can be found at the subject page for Women and Education.
- Biographical / Historical:
Dr. Judith Fetterley was born in 1938 in New York City. Dr. Fetterly graduated with her B.A. from Swarthmore College and earned her Ph.D. in English at Indiana University in 1969. Dr. Fetterley taught at the University of Pennsylvania until 1973. She then moved to Albany and took up a position at the State University of New York at Albany where she taught English as well as women's studies. In 2004, Dr. Fetterley earned the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University.
Dr. Fetterley is known for her 1978 book, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction. The book looks at historically famous writers such as Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hawthorne and how their writing "immasculated" women readers. Dr. Fetterley is also known for writing resistance books and reviews in women's literature.
After leaving academics in 2004, Dr. Fetterley became a professional gardener. She owns her own gardening design business called Perennial Wisdom.
- Acquisition information:
- All items in this manuscript group were donated to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives.
- Processing information:
Processed in 2006 by Amy C. Schindler.
- Arrangement:
The collection has no series.
- Physical location:
- The materials are located onsite in the department.
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- ACCESS:
- The archives are open to the public and anyone is welcome to visit and view the collections.
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Access to this record group is unrestricted.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Judith Fetterley Papers, 1971-1993. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Fetterley Papers).