Creator: Gladys Beckwith

Subjects: Anniversaries, Sesquicentennial

Description: Gladys Beckwith graduated from Michigan State University with an undergraduate degree in English and went on for a Master's in English and a PhD in Education with a minor in English. She began in the MSU tenure stream in 1967 teaching American Thought and Language and College of Education courses in gender with a concentration on writing. She developed the Michigan Women’s Studies Association which, although unsuccessful as a faculty association, was able to bring a sex discrimination suit against the university to make salaries of women faculty commensurate with salaries of male faculty. Beckwith also created the Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame.

Topics/People Covered in Interview include: AAUP; Gwen Andrew; Jane Barkall; Beaumont Tower; Chris Bergwell; Bessey Hall; Paul Carson; Bruce Curtis; Tom Dean; Pat Detrie; John DiBiaggio; Bert Engler; Equal Rights Amendment; Erickson Hall; Faculty Associates; Jane Featherstone; Gannett Foundation; Sandy Gustafson; Hall of Fame; John Hannah; Rachel Brett Harley; Jack Kensinger; Philip Korth; Joyce Ladenson; Library annex; Linton Hall; Cecil Mackey; Betty McDowell; M. Peter McPherson; attempts to unionize faculty; MSU Board of Trustees; English Department; film studies; gender/salary discrimination; sex discrimination/suit; sexual harassment; University College; University Committee on Faculty Affairs; women faculty; women's studies; Michigan Women's Historical Center; Michigan Women's Studies Association; Morrill Hall; National Women's Hall of Fame; Fred Reeves; Elizabeth Rusk; Louise Sause; Lou Anna Simon; Joseleyne Slade; Mary Thompkins; Clifton and Dolores Wharton; Wendy Wilkins; Clarence Winder; WKAR; Women's Equality Day

Date: October 9, 2000

Collection Number: UA 3

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections, Office of the Provost

Relation: Sesquicentennial Oral History Project

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections