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1 10 72 https://wig-herstory.com/files/original/572b5251afca0d4a3d6314544198c09f.jpeg 2e92aab3ce87ea7b1683d74f6ddae947 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wiggies in Memoriam Subject The topic of the resource Obituaries Description An account of the resource Members of Women in German who've passed away, but in their big and small ways have helped to make our organization what it is today. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource In Memory of Julie Klassen Subject The topic of the resource Obituaries; College teachers; Women--Societies and clubs Description An account of the resource Julie was a longtime active and activist member of Women in German who frequently attended the annual meetings (and helped script the Cabaret!), took care of printing and mailing the Newsletter for several years, co-organized the 1990 annual meeting, and served as president from 2006-2008. She was a supportive and enthusiastic mentor to many younger Wiggies over the decades of her engagement with the organization. We recall Julie’s work and presence at WiG with fondness and admiration. While we are sad to know that we will no longer see her there, we will celebrate her life and her contributions to our profession. We remember and will remain inspired by her sharp intellect, her generosity, her care for and support of junior faculty, her humour, her commitment to feminism, her work as an activist, and her deep love for literature. Northfield—Julie Anne Klassen, age 74, of Northfield, passed away peacefully with family at her side on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Northfield Hospital. Julie was born May 17, 1943, in Nederland, Colorado, the daughter of Donald and Margaret Grover. When Julie was six the family moved to Glendale, California, where she graduated from Glendale High School in 1961. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in German from the University of California – Santa Barbara and received her Masters and Ph.D. in German Literature from Stanford University. Julie moved to Northfield in 1968. She spent two years as assistant Professor of German at St. Olaf College and seven fulfilling years working at the Northfield Daycare Centre, before joining Carleton College in 1978. Julie retired in 2009 as a tenured Professor of German Studies. Julie married Hanno Klassen on August 6, 1971. The couple made their homes in Northfield and the idyllic island of Manitoulin, Ontario. Hanno died December 2, 2004. Julie met Will Kershaw in 2012. Their loving companionship, travels and adventures in nature enriched them both in the last six years of Julie's life. Julie was a lifelong student, startlingly intelligent, a wonderful storyteller, a loyal and generous friend. She loved literature and culture, natural history, bird watching and cooking. Her professional passions were teaching German and environmental studies, and accompanying her students to Germany. Julie is survived by her partner Will Kershaw, her stepson Christopher (Amanda) Klassen of Kaslo, British Columbia; stepdaughter Renata Klassen of Kaslo; and two brothers: Philip (Susan) Grover of Concord, CA, and Scott (Cecilia) Grover of Walnut, CA. She was predeceased by her husband and her parents. Memorial service will be held at Skinner Memorial Chapel on Saturday, April 14, 2018, at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Minnesota Land Trust or a favorite environmental organization. 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Title A name given to the resource WiG Newsletters Subject The topic of the resource Feminism; Germanists; Congresses Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lennox Files, Wisconsin Historical Society Women in German Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1978 - 2016 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG PDF Language A language of the resource eng ger Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Newsletters Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource May 1975 Newsletter Subject The topic of the resource Germanists; Feminism; Congresses Description An account of the resource <div class="WordSection1">NEWS FROM WOMEN IN GERMAN</div> <div class="WordSection1"> Number 3 May 15, 1975 Once again something is new in Women in German. Last issue we changed our name; this issue we have started a new column: Dialogue. Looking ahead, we are also planning a column devoted to reviews of books pertaining to any aspects of women and German literature and culture. We welcome short book reviews or suggestions for books to be reviewed. In response to several inquiries, we wish to make it clear that the newsletter invites all interested men sympathetic to our aims to take part in our effort. These inquiries underscore our firm belief that feminism implies human liberation. Sexism in Textbooks The fight against sexism in textbooks continues. While we are still gathering information on specific textbooks, one member of our coalition, Naomi Stephan, (Valparaiso University), has already taken some action and contacted two publishers on her own. Houghton Mifflin (Deutsch Heute) responded directly, while Van Nostrand Co. (Conversation in German) forwarded her letter to the author of the text in question. Excerpts from this correspondence appear below. In her letters Naomi cited numerous specific examples of sexist biases and concluded that since both texts perpetuated the worst kind of female/male biases as well as role stereotypes, she found them “unsuitable for classroom use." John T. Riordan, Vice President and Editorial Director of Houghton Mifflin, is acting as a clearing house for his company's efforts to eliminate "any inadvertent sex and minority and ethnic group stereotyping," and welcomed "letters from individuals who are interested in providing students with an appropriate view of society". Nonetheless, he defended the book on "pedagogical grounds" and felt that since it was no more sexist than other books written in the early seventies, it was unfair to single out this one. Frank Sedwick (Rollins College), co-author of Conversation in German,was considerably less responsive and more offensive. He felt that some of the objections to his text were "just plain silly", though he admits that others merit attention. He explained that "a new edition is new in preparation, and we of course bend to the times".(ital ours) However, he concluded; "Textbooks should not be concocted as a vehicle for social change, rather they should reflect things as they are, else they become merely propaganda for pressure groups." He concluded by sermonizing: "I think that what you and the 'Women in German' group are doing is wrong... Your letter had the tone of a self-appointed Grand Inquisitor looking for a heretic under every bush." Further comment on the above seems entirely unnecessary. However, we wish to add: a textbook, like every other work of literature, not only reflects social patterns, but also shapes them. This response readily reveals how deeply ingrained the status quo is in our society, and hew strongly people will fight to maintain it. It is clear that publishers are becoming responsive to such criticism (especially if it is likely to hurt their pocketbooks) and will be even more so if we continue our efforts to raise their awareness. As evidence of this changing trend, guidelines for eliminating sexism in textbooks are available from Holt-Rinehart-Winston. Scott-Foresman has also printed a pamphlet entitled : "Guidelines for improving the Image of Women in Textbooks." This can be obtained free from Research and information Division, Scott-Foresman, 1900 E. Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois, 60025. Naomi Stephan says it is very good. In this connection, we wish to strengthen our group effort -2- and are appending a second copy of our questionnaire. Sorb of you may not have found an opportunity to fill it out in the press of the semester. We hope that you will find a few minutes during t he summer to send it to us. If you have already sent yours, pass this one on to someone else. Announcements Competition on Sexism in Textbooks This competition was announced in the March 75 AATG newsletter. Deadline is October 15, 1975. Richard Johnson and Jeanette Claussen are writing a paper on sexism in Lohnes and Strothmann for this competition. They are interested (a) in receiving information from others familiar with this text or (b) working on this project in a collective effort. Contact Richard Johnson, Indiana University-Purdue University, Port Wayne, Indiana 46805. Visit by Karin Struck Karin Struck, author of Klassenliebe (1973) and Die Mutter (1975) will be in this country during late October and the first half of November, and will be available for lectures and readings. Anyone who would like to have her visit their campus should get in touch with Evelyn Beck, German Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, who will forward this information through the appropriate channels. Please include information concerning the honorarium you would be able to pay. German Section 5 It is extremely likely that the topic for Section German 5 at the MLA. in 1976 will be ‘'Re-evaluations of women writers from Vormärz to the present: from Fanny Lewald to Karin Struck." Although the 1976 meeting is still a long way off, the research on these topics should probably be started new, since papers for the December meeting must be submitted as early as Spring of 1976. This means that only this summer (1975) is available for writing and researching these new topics. Wohmann Translation A translation of Gabriele Wohmann's The Sisters (Die Schwestem) by Edna Spitz and Elizabeth Rütschi-Herrmann is being published this fall. It will appear in Dimension, University of Texas-Austin. MMLA Paper on Gabriele Reuter Richard Johnson, Indiana University-Purdue University will present a paper “Becoming a Woman Writer: Gabriele Reuter’s Autobiography and Biographies” at the fall 1975 MMLA. Dialogue This column, devoted to controversial issues, such as the questionable feminism of certain women writers, is a new feature of the newsletter. While the "feminism" of Erica Jong’s Pear of Flying has stirred considerable controversy in the United States, Karin Struck has cane out with two books (Klassenliebe and Die Mutter) which are certain to be as hotly debated on this side of the Atlantic when they are finally translated into English. It is not Karin Struck, however, but Christa Wolf with whom wee wish to begin. Though Wolf has raised considerably less controversy than Jong or Struck in West Germany and the United States, her books do raise important feminist issues which need to be examined. This is especially true of one of her latest short stories, "Selbsversuch," which appears in her collection Unter den Linden (1974). The story concerns a woman scientist who, as an experiment, chooses to become physiologically male, while retaining her original "female" self in all other respects. When she finds herself becoming -3- "male" emotionally as well- i.e. "unable to love"--she decides to return to "womanhood." As is evident even from the brief synopsis above, this story raises serious questions concerning Wolf's stance on the relative significance of biological determinism versus acculturation, We feel that while Wolf is well aware of the effects of socialization on men and women, she nonetheless seems to accept the male assumption that biology determines one's emotional make-up. As a result, Wolf unwittingly supports the patriarchal view of women. If women only are innately capable of "loving," how can we ever break out of the stereotypical role divisions? Clearly we have not said the final word on this story and view our opinion as the starting point of a dialogue. We invite your responses to Struck and Wolf, particularly to Wolf's story and/or our interpretations of the problems it poses. Materials on Feminism in German As it is difficult to find information on the Feminist Movement in German-speaking countries, we are in the process of compiling such material. Several publishing companies are making special efforts to print feminist literature, and in addition women's groups are creating their cum journals. Our list is just a beginning. If you know of any other journals, special publications or records, let us know, so that we can share these resources. I Publishing companies offering books on the women's movement and feminism: 1) Trikont, 8 Mfinchen 80, Josephburgerstrasse 16 2) Verlag Roter Stem, 6 Frankfurt, Postfach 18-0147 3) Maulwurf-Bucversand, 1 Berlin 62, Crellestr. 22 4) Faith Verlag, Stamberg, Possenhofenerstrasse 36; "Materialien zur Frauenemanzipation" edited by Antje Kunstmann; special series begun fall 1969 3) Fotbuch Verlag, 1 Berlin 31, Jenaer Str. 9 II Journals: 1) "Auf: Aktion UnabliSngiger Frauen", eine Frauenzeitschrift—quarterly 1090 Wien, Tendlergasse 6/1,2 2) "Frauen gemeinsam sind stark", Frauenzeitung, A newspaper for women by women. Editorship changes from city to city. It appears quarterly and is available from women's groups and political bookstores. 3) "Frauenoffensive"; 8 Munchen 80, Josephburgerstr. 16; "Frauenoffensive" has also released a record of songs by women's groups in Frankfurt, Munich and Darmstadt: : Von heute an gibt's mein Prograum". The record can be ordered from Trikont Verlag. German women have been singing "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt" long enough. A group of women in Munich has written this new text: Man hat uns von Kopf bis Fuss auf Männer Eingestellt Man hat uns von Kopf bis Fuss auf Männer eingestellt und das war uns're Welt und scrnst gar nichts. Wir lasen Brigitte und jeden Roman wir spielten die Puppen für Männer das kam an. Wir war'n von Kopf bis Fuss auf Männer eingestellt das war uns're Welt und sonst gar nichts. Wir haben begriffen war uns 're Rolle war politisch 'ne Null — doch im Bett immer da. Ja wir war 'n von Kopf bis Fuss auf Männer eingestellt und das war uns're Welt und sonst gar nichts. Doch plötzlich da kotzte uns alles so an wir merkten unser Ziel das ist nicht der Mann. -4- Wir hab'n uns von Kopf bis Fuss auf Kämpfen eingestellt, das ist ,jetzt uns're Welt und sonst gar nichts. Wir wollen bestimmen was mit uns geschieht gegen Kapitalismus und gegen den Profit. Ja wir sind von Kopf bis Fuss auf Kämpfen eingestellt das ist jetzt uns're Welt und sonst gar nichts! III Tape: Richard Johnson has also sent us the following information concerning an interview with Anna Marie Troger on Feminism in Germany today. Ms. Troger is a professor of political science in Berlin and one of the leaders of the women's movement in Germany. She spent three years in the United States, returned to Germany, and then came back again recently to examine American feminism. She discusses the social, political, and economic conditions of women in Germany, primarily the Bundesrepublic, and contrasts them with the United States. Although a few portions of the interview are repetitive, most of it provides an excellent introduction to German feminism. Her efforts to set up consciousness raising groups in Germany are particularly valuable in demonstrating the problems facing German feminists today. The interview would be appropriate in any courses dealing with current issues in Germany, even in language courses as long as other materials in German or a brief German vocabulary were available. This tape is 28 minutes long and can be ordered from the Feminist Radio Network, [redacted] Washington D.C. 20016. Course Syllabi When we last requested examples of syllabi from courses dealing with either "Images of Women in German Literature" or "German Women Writers," the number of such courses was indeed rather small. The last few months have seen a great increase of interest and as a result numerous campuses have instituted or are in the process of instituting these courses — for example, Christina Keck's summer course at Purdue, described at some length in our last newsletter. In the light of these new developments, we feel it is more important than ever to share resources and experiences. We are, therefore, once again calling for annotated syllabi indicating class responses to the works included and describing methods that have succeeded as well as those that weren't as effective. We have received two such reports. The first is from Richard Johnson at Indiana University-Purdue University in Fort Wayne, a synopsis of which appears below: The course was entitled "Images of Women in German Literature" and was open to students who could read German (for German credit) as well as to those who could not. Works treated were: Lessing’s Emilia Galotti, Goethe's Iphigenie in Tauris and Faust I, Kleists's Penthesilea, F. Schlegel's Lucinde, Heboel's Maria Magdalene, Fontane's Effi Briest, Hauptmann's "Flagman Thiel," Schnitzler's "Miss Else," Musil's "Tonka," Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, C. Wolf's The Quest for Christa T. and G. de Bruyn's "Exchange of Sexes.” The goal of the course was "to increase the student's understanding of 1) German literature, especially the role that women play in major works in English translation from the Enlightenment to the present, and 2) the development of socially defined sex roles in German speaking areas during that period.' The discussion focused on three major areas: 1) social stereotyping of women in each work and, to a lesser extent, men; 2) the degree to which an author creates characters who transcend stereotypes? and 3) the significance of the characters in the work as a whole. A second course outline arrived from Elizabeth Rütschi-Herrmann and Edna Spitz (Stanford University) early last week. The freshman seminar on "German Women Writers of the Twentieth Century" which they taught last fall will be offered again first semester next year. Works read included: Richarda Huch's The Deruga Trial -5- and Eros Invincible, Bertha von Suttner's Lay down your Arms and Memoirs of Bertha v. Suttner, Vol. 1, Vicki Baum’s Grand Hotel and It was ALL QUITE DIFFERENT, Anna Seghers' The Seventh Cross and Transit, Luise Rinser's Nina and The Rings of Glass, Use Aichinger's The Bound Man, Ghosts on the Lake and Herod's Children, Ingeborg Bachmann's Undine Goes and A Step towards Gomorrah, Kelly Sachs' The Chimneys, Christa Wolf’s The Quest for Christa T., Werner Thonnessen's analysis of the proletarian women's movement around the turn of the century: The Emancipation of Women and selections from contemporary German women writers including Gabriele Wohmann, Gisela Ilsner, Christa Reinig and Helga M. Novak. Response to such courses can best be summarized in Richard Johnson's words: "The discussions are the most animated and exciting of any I have had in seven years of teaching." Such enthusiasm is not at all atypical for this kind of course. This newsletter was prepared by Angelika Banmer, Evelyn Torton Beck, Jeanne Howell, Judy Stout, Christa Stutius, Nancy Vedder-shults. This is our last newsletter until the fall semester. However, the newsletter staff will be active all sunnier compiling the material you send to us in preparation for an early fall issue. </div> -6- Questionnaire If you are familiar with more than one text, please xerox or copy this form for each additional text. 1. What text are you refering to: Title: Publisher: Publication Date: 2. Does this text contain any blatant remarks denigrating women? Yes___ No______ If "Yes", please provide examples: A) In readings or dialogues? B) In exercises? 3. Does the text contain any examples of sex role stereotyping? Yes___ No______ If "Yes", please provide examples: A) In readings or dialogues? B) In exercises? 4. If your answer to questions No. 2 and 3 are both "No", does the text reflect the changing roles of women and men in society? Please give examples. Additional Comments: Please return to: Evelyn T. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WiG Newsletters Subject The topic of the resource Feminism; Germanists; Congresses Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lennox Files, Wisconsin Historical Society Women in German Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1978 - 2016 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG PDF Language A language of the resource eng ger Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Newsletters Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource October 1975 Newsletter Subject The topic of the resource Feminism; Germanists; Congresses Description An account of the resource <div class="WordSection1"> NEWS FROM WOMEN IN GERMAN </div> Number 4 October 15, 1975 In her seminal essay Virginia Woolf asks what a women needs in order to create, to which she answers, "money and a room of her own." Within the News from Women in German we have been creating a space for ourselves in the context of German studies. Recently we have created another kind of space; we need no longer be reached c/o anybody; we now have our own mailbox: Women in German, German Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wise. 53706. Now that we have a space of our own, we come to the second half of the equation. Many of you have already inquired about subscription fees. Until now this hasn't been necessary, but as we reach more people and our mailing list continues to expand, we will have to collectively share the expenses. If you wish to continue to receive the newsletter, please send $2 for the academic year 1975/76 (Students and non-employed may send $1). We expect to produce four issues per year. While growth has led to greater expense, it has also brought with it increased Involvement among our readers. We are very encouraged with the positive and supportive feedback that you have sent us and with the recognition we have received in othe publications. With regard to feedback, our new column, Dialogue, (see Newsletter 3, p. 2) did not provide the kind of response we had hoped it would. You may remember that we raised some crucial questions concerning Christa Wolf's and Karin Struck’s views of women; very likely the intervening summer vacation had something to do with your lack of response, but we nonetheless would like to get Dialogue going this fall. Our interest in Wolf and Struck may not coincide with yours. Of course this column is open to any other controversial issues you may wish to raise. We also have another new plan for the newsletter. In this issue we are starting a listing of Research in Progress, a column that will describe work that people are doing. This will help us locate resource people in specific areas and will allow people working on similar projects to contact one another. In this respect we are fortunate, for this year, associated Women in German meetings have been set up for the MLA, MMLA and AATG. For specific details concerning these meetings see the Announcement column in this issue. Face to Face: A Weekend Conference of Women in German? For well over a year now we have been receiving queries about the possibility of a weekend meeting of women in German. Although we will be getting together at the MLA AATG and MMLA, these brief business sessions cannot possibly replace a weekend of it depth seminars, discussion and workshops on topics of immediate interest to us. Th on the one hand, it seems clear that a two or three day conference would be a stimulating and valuable learning experience; on the other, it is equally clear that suet a meeting would take a good deal of advance planning and organization. In the past, whenever this topic was brought up in informal conversations, there was always discussion about which part of the country would be best, when would be the best time, how much would it cost, etc. We believe that if we are really ever to have such a conference, the time has come to go beyond such abstract questioning. It is our feeling that if anyone (or any group of people) feels ready to organize a conference of women in German, she (or they) should simply step forward and, in consultation w. -2- as many others of us as possible, make whatever arrangement seems to make the most sense. We should take care to keep the venture as cheap as possible or no one would be able to attend. Obviously all of us would be willing to share in the planning and serve as contact/resource people, but someone(s) must take the initiative. Therefore, we suggest that anyone seriously interested write to the newsletter and we will put people in contact with each other and will also publish any ideas that are sent in. This topic will also be raised at all the business meetings Of our group. What do you think of the idea of a workshop weekend? Would YOU be willing to organize It? Send feedback and concrete suggestions as soon as possible. Meeting face to face is an exciting idea that probably should not be delayed much longer. <div> Announcements </div> There will be a Coalition Of Women in German meeting at the 7th annual MMLA conference in Chicago (November 6-8, Palmer House). The Women in German meet at 1:30-3:30 on November 7 in Parlor A. Chairperson: Patricia A. Herminghouse The Topics are: Evaluation and Discussion of the. Newsletter The Sexism in Textbooks Project Other New Projects The Possibility of a Spring Meeting (see page 1 of this newsletter) At the MMLA, there will also be a number of presentations in the section on Women and Literature which are of interest (10:30, Saturday, November 8, in the Private Dining Room 18). . Chairperson: Agate Nesaule Krouse The topic is: Biography, Autobiography and Diary For those in German literature, the contribution of Richard L. Johnson, Indiana University - Purdue University, should be noted. Ha will discuss: "Becoming a Woman Writer: Gabriele Reuter’s Autobiography and Biographies". An Organizational meeting of Women in German will take place in Washington during the 43rd annual AATG meeting (November 27-30, in the Washington Hilton). r This meeting will be on November-29 at 4:30-5:30 in the Farragut Suites. Chairperson: Patricia A. Herminghouse At the AATG there will also be a panel discussion on the subject of Women and GermanistIk. Chairperson: Gisela E. Bahr The presentations are: "A Feminist Approach to German Literature," Joey Horsley, University of Massachusetts, Boston "Does Liberal Rhetoric + Legal Reality “Kinder, Küche, Kirche?", Susan L. Cocalis University of Massachusetts, Amherst "Separate and Unequal: ’The Ladies Auxiliary* of Contemporary West German Literature," Pat Russian, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island "Die Schwierigkeiten der Frau, Kunstlerlin zu sein", Karin Struck, author of Klassenliebeand Die Mutter Women and Germanistik meets at 2:45-4:15 in Jefferson West. A third meeting of Women in German is planned for the MLA convention this year In Sar Francisco (December, 1975). At this time we haven’t received notice of its location of date, so look for details in your official program. At the same conference there will be a seminar on how to teach "Btirgerllches Trauer— spiel," from a feminist perspective focusing specifically on Marla Magdalene and -3- Kabale und Liebe. The discussants will be Naomi Stephan (Valparaiso), Barbara Drygulski Wright (University of Connecticut) and Judy Harris (Berkeley), and the seminar will be coordinated by Pat Russian (Brown) and Pat Herminghouse (Washington University). According to the two Pats, the session looks very exciting. Additional Announcements 1) We are glad to announce that Unterrichtspraxis is devoting its entire spring issue to the theme of women in German. Now’s the time to put the finishing touches on that article or to sit down and review that new book you’ve been mulling over. We all have expertise, and there’s never a better time than now to share it. 2) We’d like to remind all of you that if you move and wish to continue receiving NEWS from Women in German, we need to know your new address. Contact us soon so that we can update our files. Sexism in Textbooks Slide-Tape Show A Slide-Tape presentation, Sexism in Foreign Language Textbooks (27 min.), prepared by Rhoda Stern, CUNY, documents and analyzes sexist content and photographs in recent textbooks by 16 publishers. The show is available for rental ($35) and sale ($300) from WOWI, Women on Words and Images, [redacted] . Ms. Sterr cites examples of under-representation of girls and women as well as sex-role stereotyping in textbook dialogues and stories. German language texts discussed on the tape are: <ol> <li>Deutsch für Anfänger (Appleton-Century Crofts, 1971)</li> <li>German A-IM, Level 1 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974)</li> <li>Kinder lernen Deutsch (Hübner Verlag, 1973)</li> <li>Anfang und Fortschritt; An Introduction to German (Macmillan, 1973)</li> <li>German: A Structural Approach (W.W. Norton, 1970, shorter ed.)</li> <li>Wir Lernen Deutsch. German for the First Year (Scott Foresman, 1974)</li> </ol> New Cultural Reader An attempt was made by a collective of graduate students in the Department of German at the University of Wisconsin to create an Introductory cultural reader for the first semester of German. The Madison Collective had three goals in mind: 1. to develop reading proficiency in German at the beginning level, 2. to aid students in developing a critical perspective on the modern German states and German history, and 3. to introduce materialistic concepts, such as class, which students could apply to their own situation in the United States. The collective made every effort to avoid sexism and to unmask it in society. With these goals in mind, the collective attempted to break down stereotyped views by taking a closer look at what is often accepted as German culture. The two German states are equally treated and are seen from a critical perspective. This text is currently being used in Madison on an experimental basis in first semest German. There will be a discussion of this Cultural Reader at the MMLA meeting in Chicago, Palmer House, on Saturday, November 8, at 8:30-10:00 in the Forum on Marxism and Literary Studies in the Crystal Room. -4- Examples of the text (photo-offset, paperbackbound) will be available at the meeting; limited numbers of copies are also available through Madison Collective, c/o Christa Stutius, Dept. of German, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706. We ate particularly interested in receiving a feminist response to our effort. Interested people are invited to criticize this text on the evaluation forms accompanying it. Research in Progress Feminist theatre "Alternative Theatre and Politics in the 1960*8 and 1970*s:' A Feminist Perspective" is the subject of a joint paper being prepared by Evelyn Torton Beck, Betsy Edelson and Nancy Vedder-Shults. The paper will be a comparative study of feminist theatre in this country and in West Germany within the context of radical theatre in the past two decades. It will be presented on November 21 at the Wisconsin Workshop, the focus of which this year will be "History and Drama in Germany." Most of the information about feminist theatre has and is being gathered by a questionnaire distributed to anyone working in or familiar with women’s theatre groups. Evelyn, Betsy and Nancy are interested in sending out these questionnaires to anyone who would have information on such activity. Please contact them at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, German Dept. as soon as possible if you are interested in a questionnaire or have any other material on feminist theatre, especially in West Germany. Women and Children in the GDR During a visit to the GDR in the summer of 1975, Donna Slepack researched day care facilities there, comparing them to centers in the FRG. In a brief article she describes the comparative advances day care has made in the GDR and .appends useful, very recent statistical data on day care attendance and women’s labor force participation in both Germanies. Donna also has a report on a conversation with one of the leading GDR writers of children’s literature regarding the role of the writer in removing patriarchal attitudes, a description of a children's literature conference and various materials on the role of women in the GDR. Donna is very interested in sharing this information and can be reached at [redacted] This newsletter was prepared by Angelika Bammer, Evelyn Torton Beck, Jeanne Howell, Christa Stutius and Nancy Vedder-Shults. Enclosed, please find my $2 ($1) for a years subscription to Women in German. Send your check to: Women in German, German Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706. 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Title A name given to the resource December 1975 Newsletter Subject The topic of the resource Feminism; Germanists; Congresses Description An account of the resource NEWS FROM WOMEN IN GERMAN Number 5 December 15, 1975 What you send to us is the fabric of this newsletter. When we sat face to face at the MMLA in Chicago and at the AATG in Washington D.C., we discovered that people had much information and many ideas which they had not yet shared with us. When placed in a larger context, each individual item of information takes on new and greater significance. Therefore, do not hesitate to send us anything concerning Women in German. To facilitate quick and easy communication, we agreed to overlook the amenities in our correspondence. Therefore, don’t feel obliged to send even a cover letter. Just put whatever information you have into a stamped envelope^ address it to us and mail it. Please note the following important CORRECTION to the San Francisco MLA Program: WOMEN IN GERMAN will meet in OPEN (not closed) session on Saturday morning, December 27, 8:30 a.m., in the Windsor Room, second floor of the ST. FRANCIS Hotel. Be sure to spread the word about our meeting, since even the incorrect notice is buried in the program. This is our one opportunity to establish direct contact with West Coast Women in German who may not have had the opportunity to come to our previous meetings in the East and Midwest. Reports from the Women in German Meetings MMLA Attendance, at this meeting of the coalition was high; interest was as usual keen: over 35 people attended. A report was given on our questionnaire results. Not surprisingly, we found no non-sexist textbooks. Ideas generated: As a follow-up to responses on the sexism in textbooks questionnaires, we discussed strategy for reaching publishers more effectively at the MLA. The following were suggested: 1) Invite publishers whose texts we have examined to our coalition meeting in San Francisco. 2) Create confrontational happenings concerning sexism in textbooks at the publishers’ booths in San Francisco. Come with ideas. One suggestion is to have teams of two go to the booths and read aloud (in English) pre-selected portions of texts which are particularly offensive, then repeat this dialogue several times. The purpose of the tactic is to call public attention to the nature of these texts and hopefully to embarrass publishers into action. Another idea is to organize a succession of individuals who would naively question the publishers about the sexism in their textbooks: point to a specific passage and ask in all innocence and surprise, "Are you aware ...?" After five people have done this, the publishers may get the point. -2- 3) Any time a text is not used by you or your department, be sure to inform the publishers that their text has been rejected for sexist reasons. Let them know exactly how many copies you would have used for how long a period of time, so that the extent to which sexism is not in their selfinterest becomes clear. If your department has not rejected a text in spite of its sexist bias, send your objections to the publishers anyway. 4) At the MLA we are planning to frame a collective letter to be sent to publishers from the Coalition of Women in German. A letter-writing campaign will also be organized there. 5) We discussed the need for writing our own non-sexist introductory texts. Collectives of people are urged to begin planning such texts. AATG The coalition of Women in German which met at the national meeting of the AATG in Washington, D.C., unanimously passed the following resolution: "Moved that the editorial board of the AATG be urged to devote one issue of the German Quarterly to the theme of ’Women and German Literature." It was stressed that if the board decided to do this, the German Quarterly should provide sufficient and widely distributed notice of this special issue, thus giving people ample time to prepare contributions. The need for an issue on this theme was brought to the attention of the editors of German Quarterly at the open meeting of the journals held the previous evening. It is not known whether this suggestion will be implemented. If you support this idea write directly to the editor of GQ, William Little at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. The "Women and Germanistic" section of the AATG was very well attended in spite of its being scheduled inconveniently at the very end of the meeting. Clearly people stayed just to hear it. Response to the panel was so enthusiastic that the AATG voted to include another section on "Women and Germanistic" at the summer meeting of the AATG in Philadelphia, 1926. Hopefully this section will become a permanent one. One important discussion at the AATG concerned discrimination in school systems and the need for information about affirmative action. Anyone who has access to information or experience of this kind should contact us and we will print their names so that they may be contacted as resource people. One booklet suggested during our discussion was Sue the Bastards, written by a feminist lawyer and available from Aeoleon Press. A Week-end Conference of Women in German? The idea of a week-end conference was enthusiastically supported by the coalition of Women in German which met both at the MMLA and the AATG. Two people have expressed interest in organizing this week-end: Naomi Stephan (Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana) and Gisela Bahr (Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio). Gisela is looking into the possibility of having the meeting in Ohio in the early fall of 1976. It is likely that Gisela and Naomi will work together on this project. Anyone interested in working with them should contact them directly. -3- MLA Seminar The MLA seminar on Feminist Perspectives in Teaching German Literature, instituted by the Coalition of Women in German, will meet Monday, December 29 from 9-10:15 a.m. in San Francisco. Discussion will focus on position papers by Barbara Drygulski Wright (Univ. Conn.), Naomi Stephan (Valparaiso Univ.), and Judith M. Harris (U.Ca.-Berkeley) concerning Kabale und Liebe and Maria Magdalene as bürgerliche Trauerspiele. Barbara will trace the role of the passive suffering martyr, as it gradually becomes restricted to an intelligent and powerful female, from the martyr plays of the baroque period to the bourgeois plays of Lessing, Schiller and Hebbel. She will explore the ways in which female chastity became one of the few bourgeois moral virtues- considered worth defending to the death, during and after the rise of an educated bourgeoisie. Naomi will examine how new concepts of drama as a vehicle for social change failed to offer a base for the development of the female figure toward any of the idealistic goals of emancipation, independence and freedom from oppression so enthusiastically propounded by the theorists and dramatists of the day. She will discuss how weakness and passivity in women were used to illustrate powerlessness and oppression of the middle class in the 18th century, and how, by suspending woman’s humanity, the middle class man could find some compensation for his political impotence. Naomi will also consider questions of presentation and reception of such plays as Kabale und Liebe in terms of reinforcing cliched notions of the female. Judith will focus on Maria Magdalene as a reflection of Hebbel's literary image of women versus the social reality of the nineteenth century. By viewing the drama in the context of Hebbel’s theory of tragedy, his desire to revive the bourgeois tragedy, and some of the socio-political events of the first half of the nineteenth century, she will point out some of the crucial contradictions and questions which go beyond a critique of the narrow bourgeois patriarchy of the play. The dynamics of Klara’s relationships to the men in her life and the demise of the three female figures will be viewed against Hebbel’s (usually misogynistic) diary notations. Judith will also draw attention to Kroetz’s recent re-working of the play. No papers will be read at the seminar, which will instead be entirely devoted to discussion. Persons wishing copies of the participants' brief position papers before the seminar should send a self-addressed stamped envelope with request to: Patricia Herminghouse, Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literature, [redacted] Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130. Announcements The deadline for the "Women in German" issue of Unterrichtspraxis has been extended till mid-January. Send contributions to Gerhard Weiss, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. The journal is interested in any articles pertaining to women so long as they have a pedagogical perspective. MLA Job Interviews: In previous years women have had numerous complaints concerning treatment at job interviews. This year we will have some recourse. Kathryn Buck will be available at the MLA Job Information Service in San Francisco to receive and investigate complaints on the spot. If you do not have time to reach her there, contact her by letter c/o the MLA, [redacted] -4- Female Studies VIII: A collection of essays and syllabi concerning Teaching About Women in the Foreign Languages should be available at the MLA. Look for it at the information tables sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages or inquire at the Feminist Press booth. Information as to how you can obtain it by mail and for how much will be provided in the next Newsletter. We also hope to include a critique of how useful it is particularly to teachers of German. Bibliographies: We have received two bibliographies: one from Pat Herminghouse on "Women and Contemporary German Society" and one from a collective in Bloomington, Indiana, "German Women Writers in English Translation." We will reorganize these bibliographical listings and publish them in the next newsletter. Nadean Bishop is compiling a bibliography of bibliographies with respect to Women in English and in the foreign languages. If anyone is compiling a bibliography, send the information to her at [redacted] Anthology Project Pat Herminghouse is exploring possible funding from the "Women’s Educational Equity Act" for compiling an anthology of German women writers in translation. She would like to see the project go beyond literature to include some good feminist criticism and some sociological and historical material. Anyone with suggestions on what should be included and/or indications of materials which they would like to translate, or for which they would like to write introductions, can contact Pat at the following address: Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literature, [redacted] Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130. In addition, some people at the recent AATG conference expressed a need for a women-writers-in-German text for fourth semester level instruction. Anyone with ideas on such a project or interested in helping develop it should also contact Pat. Research in Progress Karin Struck Sara Platzer is preparing a colloquium about Karin Struck to be presented sometime in February at the University of Colorado, Boulder campus. She will use critiques of Die Mutter, and also intends to start a dialogue about Struck in a later issue of this Newsletter. The Aggressive Woman in Theodor Fontane Renny Harrigan is working on an article about the aggressive woman in Theodor Fontane’s Mathilde Moring. This is a part of a larger project entitled "The Limits of Female Emancipation: Theodor Fontane’s Lower Class Women," soon to be completed. This newsletter was prepared by Angelika Bammer, Evelyn Torton Beck, Viktoria Harwig, Jeanne Howell, Sara Pietsch, Christa Stutius, and Nancy Vedder-Shults, with thanks to Susan Sniader Lanser for contributing her typing "to the cause." Sue is a graduate student in Comparative Literature who earns extra money by typing papers and dissertations. She now refuses to type any that use sexist language. We pass this idea on as a potentially effective consciousness-raiser. NOTE: If you have not yet paid your subscription fee, please do so now. If you have, we thank you for your support. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1976 Newsletter Subject The topic of the resource Germanists; Congresses; Feminism Description An account of the resource <div class="WordSection1"> WOMEN IN GERMAN Number 7 June 2, 1976 Subscriber fee: $2.00 per year ($1.00 in unemployed) Women in German is a collective endeavor. We therefore encourage you, our readers, not to look upon us merely as a distribution agent, but also as a communication center. What you send us will be printed as is, given our space limitations. We would be glad to have some of you contribute regularly and join our staff from wherever you are. If any of you are involved in German-related women's study groups, send us your reading lists, bibliographies, protocols or summaries of meetings, including questions raised, solutions proposed, and issues as yet unresolved. We also encourage you to submit book reviews which could well be done collectively. Those who have had the opportunity to see new films from East or West Germany pertaining to women (pro and contra) are invited to send us brief reviews. Material from both Germanies is increasingly becoming available. We would like to alert people to those items that are really worthwhile. Send all materials to Women in German, 814 Van Hise, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 53706. MEETINGS At the annual meeting of the AATG, August 18-23, 1976 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, there will be a section devoted to the study of "Sexism in Textbooks" (scheduled for Friday, August 20, 11:00 a.m.—noon). Naomi Stephan, who is coordinating this section, is still interested in hearing from those who would be interested in participating, either as discussants or as paper- givers. Since the format is flexible, less formal presentations would also be in order. Write to Naomi, Department of Modern Languages, [redacted] Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 46383. </div> * * * * * * -2- <div class="WordSection2"> ANNOUNEMENT Women in German has received a shorter and less technical version of Study III, Commision on the Status of Women in The Profession. This is a report on Women faculty in English and Foreign Language Departments, which should be of interest to those concerned with the careers of women in colleges and universities. Anyone who had not had a chance to read the Comission's full- length report in the January 1976 issue of PMLA may send for a copy of a shortened version thru Women in German for 50 cents covering xeroxing and postage. * * * * * * Elke Frederiksen, University of Maryland, has arranged a coalition meeting of Women in German at the South Atlantic MLA meeting, November 4-6, 1976 in Atlanta, Georgia. In case the announcement does not appear in the program, check for room assignment and time when you arrive. If you are interested in participating in or planning the meeting, contact Elke, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literature, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 20742. * * * * * * Anyone who is interested in the GDR women's magazine Für Dich can order it from: Ebsco Industries, Inc. [redacted] Birmingham, Alabama 35201 or directly from the GDR: [redacted] Für Dich is a weekly, "Illustrierte Zeitung ftlr die Frau", the only GDR magazine specifically for women. It discusses the situation of women in the GDR today, in such series as "Die SED und die Frauen" (on the relationship between women and the SED) and "Wenn die Kollegin Kinder hat" (on the problems of working mothers) and brings news and information of specific interest to GDR women. Anyone who knows of other GDR magazines, journals, publications which would be of interest, please share this information with us in the newsletter. A useful source for cultural information concerning the GDR is, of course, the cultural attaché of the GDR in Washington: Sonja Elm, Kulturattaché Embassy of the German Democratic Republic [redacted] -3- Madison's alternative radio WORT (Backporch Radio) had a 30 minute interview May 17 with Christa Stutius and Viktoria Harwig on the situation of women in the FRG and GDR. Anyone interested in receiving a recorded copy of this interview may send a blank cassette tape to Women in German. * * * * * * This newsletter was prepared by Angelika Bammer, Evelyn Torton Beck, Viktoria Harwig, Sara Pietsch, Christa Stutius. RETREAT AND SYMPOSIUM Before everyone leaves for the summer we want to remind you of the Women in German weekend retreat, combined with a one-day symposium, to be held at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio on September 24-26, 1976. We announced this meeting, which grew out of our discussions at the last MLA in San Francisco, in our last newsletter. We are again enclosing the registration form. We will need to know how many people are planning to come, so that we can make adequate arrangements, so please send the form as soon as you know your plans. The $10 registration fee will cover food, shelter and supplies. Register no later than September 10. "Shelter" is a camp operated by Miami University outside of Oxford. You will need sleeping bags for the camp; there are possible hotel accomodations near-by. The best way to get there is by car. Anyone willing to offer a ride or anyone needing a ride should send this information to the Women in German Newsletter so that we can get riders and rides together. The program will be co-organized by Charlotte Gebhardt (German, Dartmouth College, Hanover, JH 03755) and Sarah Lennox (Comparative Lit., Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 02134). They need suggestions for workshops and/or seminars and for volunteer leaders. Please write them directly. If you have any other questions concerning the symposium and/or retreat you can also contact Gisela. Symposium A symposium on "Feminism and German Studies: An Interdisciplinary Perspective," co-chaired by Evelyn Beck and Gisela Bahr, is planned for Saturday, September 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Ideas for topics (comparative, i.e., German and other literature; or interdisciplinary) were to be submitted by March 15. However, if anyone has further questions, ideas, suggestions, please write to either Evelyn or Gisela. -4- Female Studies, prepared by the MLA Commission on the Status of Women has readied a new volume Female Studies IX: Teaching About Women in the Foreign Languages, ed. Sidonie Cassirer (The Feminist Press, 1975), contains essays and curricula for Women in Literature courses in the original foreign language and in translation. While the bulk of the courses outlined pertain to French, there are a substantial number of entires for German. These are extremely useful, partucularly Ritta Jo Horsley’s bibliography of Women and German Literature. Female Studies IX may be ordered from The Feminist Press [redacted] SYLLABI Since so many of you are interested in course outlines and since there are so many new ones prepared, Women in German is willing to publish brief course outlines and any comments you may wish to send along with them. STUDY GROUPS A study group at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, is presently focusing on the history of the German Women’s Movement, including the historical development of both the proletarian and bourgeois womens* movements. The participants have been reading selected essays by Gertrud BHumer, Rosa Luxemburg, Clara Zetkin, Berta Las, Ricarda Hugh and Adelheid Popp, and have found that two interest groups within their study group are emerging; one interested primarily in the political potential of a feminist movement, and the other interested in discussing feminism as a means of personal liberation. We encourage this study group and any others to submit a protocoil of their reading lists and perhaps a summary of their conclusions drawn from their study. -5- ***** REGISTRATION FORM********** I want to register for the retreat on September 24-26, 1976 Please reserve.......... place(s) in the camp, ( ) send information on near-by motes. I/we expect to arrive on..................... ( )by car; ( ) by plane (give airport, time of arrival, flight number) Name(s) .......................................................... Mailing address ................ .............................. 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Title A name given to the resource September 1976 Newsletter Subject The topic of the resource Feminism; Germanists; Congresses Description An account of the resource WOMEN IN GERMAN Number 8 September 10, 1976 Subscriber fee: $2.00 per year ($1.00 if unemployed) Please address all correspondence to: Women in German / 814 Van Hise Hall / University of Wisconsin / Madison, Wisconsin 53706 Women in German: Coming forward to retreat. Until now, Women in German has been a thread connecting us in scattered places. Now we will come together, face to face, to strengthen these connections and to make sure that we don’t retreat into academic isolation. There is still time to register for the Women in German weekend retreat, combined with a one-day symposium, to be held at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, on September 24-26, 1976. Be Sure to register so that Gisela Bahr can take care of food and lodging accommodations; just because you know you’re coming doesn’t mean Gisela knows. There is a registration form for your convenience attached at the end of the newsletter. Here is a preview of topics to be treated on Feminism and German Studies: Revolutionary Women in Imperial Germany; Two German Women and the American Civil War; a comparison of the work of Hippel and Mary Wollstonecraft; a panel on women’s magazines in West Germany, France and the USA; a comparative analysis of sex bias in USA and GDR children’s readers (with slides); feminist theater in West Germany and the USA. When you register, be sure to enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope so that programs and driving instructions can be mailed to you. Also bring sleeping bags to the retreat. If you are arriving on Friday afternoon, come directly to the retreat, where we will be having supper together. The Women in German retreat will begin Friday evening and continue on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The symposium will take place Saturday. If anyone from the Chicago area wants a ride to Ohio, leave your name and phone number with Pat Russian’s parents: [redacted] Pat will be driving from Chicago and be coming into the city only a few days before the meeting. Her Providence address is: [redacted] For those of you who can’t attend, we will write a report of the weekend for the next issue of the newsletter. -2- MEETINGS A women’s coalition meeting at SAMLA will take place on Friday, November 5, at 4:00 p.m. in Tower Suite 16, Peachtree Center Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. Anyone who would like to help or who has suggestions should contact Elke Frederiksen, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 20742. The Tenth Amherst Colloquium on German Literature will be held on the campus of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30, 1977, possibly beginning with an evening session on April 28. The theme will be "Die Frau in der deutschen Literatur: Autorin - Heldin - Leserin" and papers should address themselves to relevant topics (authors, movements, or individual works) from a feminist perspective. The papers may be given in German or in English, but if they are in English the speaker will be responsible for the German translation to be used in the book publication. Normally there will be two lectures each morning and afternoon of about forty minutes in length. Depending on the topics offered, however, it may be possible to devote one afternoon meeting to one or more simultaneous forum discussions around fixed topics with short papers (10 to 15 minutes each). People interested in participating should submit their suggestions and a one-page outline by October 1. All communications should be sent to Wolfgang Paulsen, German Department, Herter Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01002 REPORT FROM AATG The "Sexism in Textbooks" section was a huge success. It was not only well attended, but extremely exciting as well. The three papers were enthusiastically received by the audience, which included editors of major Germanistik journals and some textbook writers. One of these writers publicly recognized the sexism of his text and announced that he would change the offending passages in the next edition. Basically everyone present agreed that there was a clear need for further re-assessment of textbooks. There was also a Women in German meeting at the AATG which lasted three hours and was well attended. Plans for sessions at next year's AATG were discussed but not yet finalized. A good deal of interest was evidenced. It became clear that not enough information on who these writers are, is easily accessible. Therefore we repeat our call for syllabi and bibliographies pertaining to German women writers in the original and in translation. -3- WHAT’S IN A NAME? In February 1975 we changed our name from Women in Germanistik to Women in German (see issue No. 2). We made this change in order to include as many people as possible. As interest in our perspective has been growing, we have been told that some of our male colleagues feel excluded by our title. This question was debated at the AATG and will be brought up at the Ohio retreat. What is your opinion? Here are the two basic positions: (1) Women in German sounds as if it were exclusively for, by and about women. However, it is the name by which we are already known. (2) Any title which includes the word "feminist" (a much-suggested possibility) might exclude people who were interested in women-related issues but were not ready to call themselves feminists. Also to be considered: Should we keep the name of the coalition (Women in German) and only change the name of the newsletter? One name that has been suggested for the newsletter is German Feminist Perspectives. Those who are planning to come to Ohio should think about these positions and come with concrete suggestions, especially if you are for a name change. If you cannot come to Ohio, we would like to hear your responses to these questions as soon as possible so we can bring them to the retreat. IMPORTANT MATERIAL FROM WEST GERMANY Some of us have been to Germany over the summer, and realize how much material there is, how difficult it is to get it all together and to keep posted on recent developments in German women’s studies. So if you’ve been to Germany, or have read interesting books, new journals, pamphlets or magazines, or have seen German films pertinent to women’s studies, write down your experiences and share your information with us. Only then can Women in German continue to be a channel for communication. If you wish to get material from Germany, you can order directly from the two women’s bookshops in West Berlin: Labrys Frauenbuchladen 1000 Berlin 61 Yorckstr. 22 AND Lilith Frauenbuchladen 1000 Berlin 12 Kantstr. 124 Berlin now has the Berliner Frauenzeitune Courage, Bleibstr. 48, 1000 Berlin 12, with subscription rates: 3 mos / 9 DM; 6 mos / 18 DM; 1 yr. / 36 DM. There is also a women’s literary journal, Mamas Pfirsiche, published four times a year by Verlag Frauenpolitik, Monika Walter Grevener Str. 165-67, 4400 Münster, with a -4- subscription rate of 16 DM / yr. or 4 DM per issue. There is also a women's film journal, Frauen und Film, which can be ordered at the following address: Brot und Rosen, H. Lahtela, 1000 Berlin 10, Postfach 100 208 (1 yr or six issues for 24 DM; single copy, 4 DM). Verena Stefan's Häutungen (Verlag Frauenoffensive, Munchen 1975) is being widely read and has already been translated into French. It's an important feminist text which records the struggles and development of a young woman who is active in the German new left in the 1960s and becomes involved in the women's movement in the 70s. The book is autobiographical and combines memoirs, poems, analysis and introspection, in language that is vigorous, fresh, and consciously feminist. Though it is the story of one woman, it exemplifies the development of many women in West Germany and the USA. The book records the author's growing sense of self and strength. The process is as yet unfinished, but its direction is positive and affirming. SUBSCRIPTIONS We have decided that each yearly 4-issue subscription will begin in the fall. If, however, you mailed in your $2.00 last spring, then obviously just wait until next fall to re-subscribe. BACK ISSUES - NEW ADDRESSES If you need back issues of Women in German or if you have changed your address, please notify us, since the newsletter is not forwarded when sent in a bulk mailing. 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Title A name given to the resource November 1977 Newsletter Subject The topic of the resource Germanists; Congresses; Feminism Description An account of the resource WOMEN IN GERMAN Number 13 November 1, 1977 Subscription fee: $2.00 per year ($1.00 if unemployed) This year, for the second time, our Women in German Conference/Retreat in Oxford, Ohio was a great success, giving us the much needed opportunity not only to share information and exchange ideas among a group of equals, but also to sing and dance together and to get to know each other on the personal level. We saw a lot of new faces from all parts of the country—some women came from as far away as Hawaii and Oklahoma. In fact, some people had only read about us in the PMLA, took a chance by attending—and loved it! This makes it clear that it is not only our newsletter which serves as a connection for Women in German, but also the more established journals. The word is spreading fast! The papers, presentations, and discussions at the conference were stimulating, and there was great enthusiasm about interdisciplinary approaches and branching out into such different fields as history and sociology. A great number of us felt, however, that we have outgrown the format of our conference. We have help traditional conferences for two years now, with short informal presentations and panel discussions. But for many, the best part of the conference has always been the atmosphere and the more informal discussions developing at the retreat. We have decided, therefore, to change the format of future conferences in order to encourage greater participation and to involve as many people as possible. Next year’s conference will be in the form of a two-day workshop with several Arbeitsgruppen: details appear later in this issue. For the first time this year, the papers delivered at the Women in German Conference were distributed in printed form as proceedings. Copies are still available for all of you, and be sure to get your libraries to order copies, too. They can ordered from: Kay Goodman, Dept. of German, Russian and East Asian Languages, Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio 45056 ($2 for individuals, $4 for institutions). Last but not least, on behalf of ourselves and all conference participants we would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the Miami University women who organized the conference/retreat with so much care and enthusiasm. RETREAT AND SYMPOSIUM At the second annual Women in German Conference/Retreat, we discussed various ways of restructuring the third conference (1978) in order to encourage greater involvement on the part of all participants. It seemed to us that Arbeitsgruppen could facilitate collective work by breaking up the conventional formalities of academic conferences, encouraging greater involvement, and eliminating the typical spit between “active” paper-givers and a “passive” audience. Far from decreasing academic work, the formation of Arbeitsgruppen has the potential of opening up new avenues and methods of research. Collective work requires one to consider closely the results of others’ research and to attempt to synthesize it with one’s own work in order to bring forth a product that it greater than the sum of its parts. Since we are -2- scattered through out the country, the ways and means of working together may well appear difficult at this point; but we are determined to make a go of it and are confident that the results will be quite worthwhile. If you are interested in working with one or more of the Arbeitsgruppen, you should contact the individuals listed below, who have volunteered to function as coordinators. The groups will establish their own agendas, but it should be kept in mind that we are working toward a project for next year’s conference which will benefit all of us. These suggestions are being made because we would like the next conference to stimulate a free exchange of the kinds of ideas, thoughts, problems, and solutions which are usually blocked at formal academic conferences. We don’t have enough time and energy to “dance around the golden calf” of academic pretense, and we must focus ipn our most urgent concerns. Therefore, women, work collectively: Frauen Gemeinsam Sind Stark! The following Arbeitsgruppen were agreed upon: 1. Sexism in the German Language Pat Russian c/o Women in German, German Dept. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53763 Detti Ledschowski Dept. of German University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 60637 2. Women Authors in the 19th Century Elke Frederiksen Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Lang. and Lit. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742 Kay Goodman German Dept., Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 3. Contemporary Women’s Culture Evelyn Beck German Dept. University of Wisc., Madison, Wis. 53706 4. The Women’s Question and Aesthetics Sara Lennox [redacted] Pat Herminghouse Dept. of German Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. 63130 Since many of us will see each other at the MLA in Chicago, it has been suggested that we could start with the concrete organization right there. Jeanette Clausen (Purdue Univ., Fort Wayne, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E., Fort Wayne, Ind. 46805) and Androne Willeke [redacted] volunteered as general co-ordinators for next year’s conference which will again be held in Oxford, Ohio on the third weekend of September. *********************** -3- Friday evening’s discussion centered around Volker Schlöndorff’s film Strohfeuer (“A Free Woman”) which was released in 1972; script by Margarete von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff; photography by Sven Nykvist (Ingmar Bergmann’s cameraman!). Although “A Free Woman” has been called by one critic “the first masterpiece of the women’s liberation movement” and a really “fine film” in which “form and content are one”, the heated discussion at the retreat opened up more questions that it settled. In order to keep the debate alive and to solicit response from those of you who could not make it to the retreat, we have provided some pro’s and con’s. If you are interested in ordering the film, write to: [redacted] The film costs $125 for restricted rental. Strohfeuer – Pro The film Strohfeuer by Volker Schlöndorff is a striking portrayal of a woman trying to become a functional member of a male-dominant society. It has been criticized for showing women as lacking in real consciousness and definitive goals. Because Elizabeth is not portrayed as a strong feminist either theoretically or practically it has been feared that her submission to the patriarchy will be seen as confirming the status quo. Not so. Like Brecht, the director uses a seemingly weak character not only to criticize society or individuals, but, by pointing out these weaknesses, to show the audience that things ought to be different. The attitudes that Elisabeth faces are rigid, but is made clear that these attitudes can and should be changed. Society is shown as alterable in spite of the resistance that social change inevitably meets. On a tour of an art museum, Elisabeth and her unmarried, pregnant friend are shown the historical role of women in art—either passive childbearers or objects of lust. This scene encapsulates the whole thrust of the movie. We are presented with the historical facts as a negative situation but together with Elisabeth are incited to search for alternatives. Elisabeth’s subsequent failures, however, prevent the viewers from fully identifying with her and motivate them to another, more successful course of action. In contrast to traditional film, this film does not depend upon emotional identification which forces the audience to accept the character’s decisions as unalterable. The film is subtitled “A Sad Comedy”. Although the classical definition of comedy—ending with wedding bells—is certainly fulfilled, the director’s irony gives an unusual twist to the Hollywood-style, “happy ending” variety of marriage. Elisabeth’s marriage is clearly the burial of her own struggle for life. The viewers realize she is making a mistake, and their inability to prevent her “death” in matrimony compels them to reconsider the state of their own lives and to question whether they, too, might not have alternatives. By taking the male point of view, the camera actually accentuates Elisabeth’s entrapment and isolation as a woman. The long, scrutinizing shots of her legs and figure are a painful statement on the everyday objectivation of women. The camera’s habitual elimination of Elisabeth’s head from the frame, as in the opening scene, is reminiscent of the “Nana” image she is accused of resembling at the very moment she attempts to overcome it. Her short dresses themselves seem to be yet another societal trap for her. Unlike her male counterparts, she is constantly being judged by the men around her, and even by the camera, on the basis of her body rather than on what she says or does. But in one of the final scenes of the film, her future husband stuffs a washcloth in Elisabeth’s mouth to silence her; the camera zooms in on her frightened face before picking up the narrative again. -4- The director, like Brecht, uses his art to instruct as well as to criticize. Gesellschaftsanklage which excludes the possibility of an alternative is not enough. This film is enough. Amy Bley Kay Burns Strohfeuer – Contra Schon die etwas hitzige Discussion, die die Vorführung des Filmes anregte, und die Verschiedenheiten der Meinungen über dessen Aussage erheben ernste Zweifel an seiner Brauchbarkeit als didaktisches Moment im Hinblick auf die Frauenemanzipation. Im Rahmen einer Scheidungsgeschichte wird das neu begonnene Leben einer nun “freien” Frau geschildert. Dabei werden zwar ihre Schwierigkeiten und Frustrationen in einer in jeder Hinsicht feindlichen Männerwelt “realistisch”, ja, recht spannend auf die Leinwand gemalt, doch nie analy tisch erfaßt. Wir erfahren nicht einmal die näheren Grunde der von ihr in Gang gesetzten Scheidung. Der Weg ihrer angeblichen Freiheit fuhrt vom Bruch mit einer unglücklichen Ehe zu einer neuen Bindung. Allerdings mit dem Unterschied, daß Elisabeth der sexuellen Rolle, die die Gesellschaft ihr früher aufzwang, nun freiwillig, beinahe lüstern, zustimmt. Ironischerweise beschreiben gerade die wie vom Himmel gefallenen Worte eines “welterfahrenen“, brüderlichen Kunsthistorikers die Situation der Frau am prägnantesten und erhellen den historischen Prozeß der gängigen Unterdruckungsmechanismen. Doch selber stellt sich Elisabeth solche Fragen nie, und ihre bürgerlichen Wertvorstellungen werden weiterhin weder kritische analysiert, noch in Zusammenhang mit ihrer gesellschaftlichen Unterdrückung gebracht. Der Film trägt folglich zur Stereotypisierung der Frau bei—nämlich als Sexobjekt, wie es uns die Kameraführung nie vergessen läßt, als dummes Gänschen und als emotionelles Wesen, das letzten Endes auf die Hilfe eines “verständnisvollen, reifen“ Mannes angewiesen ist, der zur rechten Zeit alles wieder gut macht. Sogar die Frau, der es gelungen ist, unabhängig zu werden, wird in der Person der kalt berechnenden Anwältin verstummelt und anderen Frauen gegenüber negativ kontrastiert. Was dem Film überhaupt fehlt, ist eine optimistische Perspektive, ohne die jedes emanzipatorische Moment in der Gesellschaft schon im Keime erstickt wird. Sollte der Film vielleicht dazu dienen, uns zu provozieren? Dann bleibt die Frage, ob Provokation und dramatisch offene Form als geeignete Mittel zur Aufklarung dienen? Oder ob nicht vielmehr die Gefahr besteht, daß der/die naivere Zuschauer/in zu schweren Mißdeutungen gelangt, idem die gezeigte Situation dieser Frau als tragisches gegenüber eignen Emanzipationsbestrebungen resultieren könnte? Yvette Brazell ************************* Sunday morning, we shared information on a number of issues. Among others, Elke Frederiksen talked about her summer research in the 2 Germanies and the bibliography she had collected on women’s topics. Since there was so much information in such a short time, we thought it helpful to provide you with the complete list. Here it is: -5- LITERATURE Christa Wolf, Kindheitsmuster. Neuwied: Lchterhand, 1977. (Aufbau-Verlag Berlin und Weimar, 1976) Brigitte Schwaiger, Wie kommt das Salz ins Meer. Zsolnay, 1977. Search for identity, woman protesting against stereotypes roles. Renate Schostack, Zwei Arten zu Lieben. München: Piper, 1977. Received the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize this year. Journal Nr. 5 – Aufständische Kultur. Ed. By Verena Stefan & Kathrin Mosler. 1976. Report on the meeting of writing women in 1976. Interviews with Irmtraud Morgner, Karin Struck, Christa Reinig. Essays on Marie-Luise Fleisser and her relationship with Brecht, Anna Seghers and others. Emma. June 1977 ed. Report on an exhibition which opened in Freiburg on the theme “Frauen in der deutschsprachigen Literatur nach 1945.” Summary of opening speech by Ingeborg Drewitz which tried to show in general terms what German women writers try to express in literature after 1945 in contrast to men. Kursbuch 47, devoted to women. Berlin: Kursbuch Verlag, 1977. Ed. By Karl Markys Michel and Harald Wieser. A collection of articles on such topics as “Emanzipation macht Angst,” “Unter lauter Männern,” or “Troubadora und Meisterin,” which discusses the social position of women in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Ursula Krechel, Nach Mainz. Darmstadt, Luchterhand Verlag, 1977. West German feminist, author of play Erica (1974). Collection of poetry which discusses the dependence of women on men and the secret hope of revolt for women. Sara Kirsch. Rückenwind. Gedichte. Ebenhause: Lanwiesche-Brandt, 1977 FEMINISM AND WOMEN’S MOVEMENT Frauenjahrbuch 76. München: Verlag Frauenoffensive, 1976. Ed. By the yearbook group of the Munich Women’s Center. Sections concern everyday feminism, new information on Para. 218 and on the old and new divorce laws, lost women’s books, new books, records etc. Inge Frick Helmut Kommer, Antje Kunstmann, Siegfried Lang, Frauen befreien sich. München: Frauenbuchverlag, 1976. Pictorial history of women’s work and women’s movement in Germany from its beginning to the newer movement and is problems. -6- Jutta Menschick, Feminismus. Köln: Pahl-Reugenstein Verlag, 1977. Discussion from the radical to conservative feminism. Gives applications through history and in various phases and parts of life, i.e., childhood, housework, etc. Marie-Louise Janssen-Jurreit, Sexismus: Über die Abtreibung der Frauenfrage München: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1976. The author uses an historical-theoretical approach. She sees sexism in all aspects of life and finds a solution only in separation from men. Erica Fischer, Brigitte Lehmann, Kathleen Stoffl, Gewalt gegen Frauen. Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1977. Written by three Austrian women. The ideas grew out of an international meeting in Brussels, where women discussed violence in the family, rape, etc. Practical approach. WOMEN AND FAMILY Scheidungsratgeber, Jan. 1977. Ed. By Hamburg women lawyers for women’s groups. Examines the new divorce law in Germany (effective July 1977) in contrast to the old law. Ursula Erler, Mütter in der BRD. München: Frauenverlag, 1976 (Neuauflage). Ursula Erler. Zerstörung und Selbstzerstörung der Frau. Emanzipationskampf der Geschlechter auf Kosten des Kindes. Stuttgart: Seewalt Verlag, 1977. Ursula Scheu, Wir werden nicht als Mädchen geboren -- wir werden dazu gemacht. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1977. Discusses how women are taught feminine roles through early childhood training in today’s society. Gabriele Deutsch-Herl, Tagesmütter – Tageskinder. Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1977. Discusses the theoretical aspects of day care mother models. Gives practical, concrete advice for parents who wish to use day care centers as well as for day care workers. Maria-Antoniette Macciocchi, Jungfrauen, Mütter und ein Führer. Berlin: Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, 1976. Discussions on the role of women in fascism. POLITICS Lieselotte Berger, Lenelotte von Bothmer, Helga Schuchardt, Frauen ins Parlament? Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 1976. Not feminist inclined, but gives views of 3 women (CDU, SPD, FDP) on the situation of women in politics in the FRG. Good charts. Elke Frederiksen University of Maryland -7- MEETINGS MLA Wig sessions at the coming MLA will be held on the 29th of December in Room 414 of the Conrad Hilton from 1:00 – 2:15 and from 2:45 to 4:00 pm. Paper Abstracts: Women and Literary Circles in the Nineteenth Century II. Lou Andreas-Salomé: An Ambivalent Feminist and Her Association with the “Freie Bühne” Interesting parallels may be found between the attitude of the German Naturalists toward the emancipation of women and that of one the most visible contemporary examples of it, Lou Andreas-Salomé. Like the Naturalists, Lou proclaimed woman’s need for individual freedom and self-fulfillment, and she realized this in her own personal and professional life. As an individual, then, she carried into practice the theory of freedom and emancipation for women which was widely touted by the Naturalists but almost never transformed into sympathetic artistic expression in their works, or practiced in their personal lives. A similar contradiction is found in Lou’s critical and literary works and theoretical studies on women however. She shared her contemporaries’ dislike and distrust of the stereotyped emancipated women (cod, unfeminine, sterile), and this can be seen in her reviews of some Naturalist dramas and particularly in her studies on women at the end of the century. She also had doubts about woman’s creative abilities and shared to some extent her time’s contempt for women and affirmation of man’s dominance in personal and social relationships. The ambivalence within her feminist theory may be documented in her early literary and critical works, including her study of Henrik Ibsens Frauengestalten (1891). In the contradiction between feminist theory and practice, Lou proves herself to be, like her Naturalist contemporaries, a product of her times and of her intellectual, upper-middle class milieu. Linda Schelbitzki Pickle Westminister College, Mo. Der Anneke Salon – ein “Libertiner” Kreis Die ersten Salons entstanden zur Zeit der Renaissance in Italien und breiteten sich später auch in Deutschland aus. Unter der Oberhoheit einer Frau wurde verfeinerte Geselligkeit gepflegt, die mit intellektuellen, vor allem literarischen Gesprächen verbunden war. Die Glanzzeit der Salons war von einer privilegierten Schicht getragen. In der Spätzeit werden Salons auch in wirtschaftlich bescheideneren Kreisen populär. So ein Salon entstand bei Mathilde Anneke in Köln. Zuerst in Münster als “Libertiner“ Kreis verfemt, versammelten sich die revolutionären Geister dann im Anneke Salon zu Köln. Lassalle, Moritz Heß, Willich, Gottschalk trafen sich mit Freiligrath, Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Simrock oder Kinkel. Mathilde verfaßte verschiedene Kampfschriften, z.B. Das Weib im Conflict mit den sozialen Verhältnissen, trat für die Befreiung Deutschlands und die Gleichberechtigung der Frauen ein. Sie gab eine revolutionäre Tageszeitung heraus, die sie für eine Zeit auch als Frauenzeitung führte. -8- Der Anneke Salon unterschied sich von seinen viel berühmteren Vorläufern duch die Bescheidenheit des äußeren Rahmens, vor allem aber durch einen auf Aktion gerichteten Geist, der eine Veränderung der Gesellschaft herbeizuführen bestrebt war. Der Salon hörte auf zu bestehen, als Mathilde Anneke ihrem Mann auf das Schlachtfeld der Revoution von 1849 folgte. Salons stellen ein Kapitel in der Geschichte der Frauenbewegung dar. In der Glanzzeit, die von einer privilegierten Schicht getragen war, ist es ein friedliches Kapitel. Es beweist, daß sich der Verstand der Frau mit dem des Mannes zu messen vermag. In der Spätzeit der Salon wird der Anneke Salon zum Beispiel für die Entwicklung eines militanten Geistes, der sich von nun an unter den Frauen aller Volksschichten zu regen beginnt. Maria Wagner Woman: the Other. Laura Marholm’s view and the Friedrichshagen Writer’s Colony Literary concepts from abroad fell upon receptive ears in the congenial intellectual environment of the Friedrichshagen (Berlin) writers’ colony. The circle also known as Young Germany, consisted of authors, critics and publishers such as the Brothers Hart, Wille, Bölsche, and Holz. Its program sought to bend creative artistic thought with the needs of the masses projected by the social issues of early 1980’s. Ola Hansson, and his wife, Laura Marholm, was most welcomed. Marhol, in her own right and author and critic, and of Baltic German extraction, enthusiastically discussed one of the great issues of the day, feminism. Marholm delighted through her stimulating talks the Friedrichshagen circle and the colony’s frequent guests such as Dauthendey, Dehmel, Carl and Gerhart Hauptmann, Przybyzweki and others. Eentually her views found wider acceptance through published articles, novels and books. Esteeming the ideas of Neitzsche and those of her husband, Marholm went on to proclaim her insight into the nature of woman: emancipation for woman begins with the realization that she is totally other than man, and that independence is rooted in psychophysiological self-understanding. Marholm’s doctrine, conflicting with popular notions based on Ibsen’s concept of the emancipated woman, challenged the superficial woman’s rights movements, whose ideal woman, in Ibsenian fashion, was recreated in the masculine image. Marholm also fought against the portrayal of woman as a monster, as created by Strindberg. That such aberrant women ceased as characterizations in subsequent German literature is a tribute to the receptive intellects of members of Young Germany and their followers willing to accept a ore convincing approach. David R. Hume Univ. of Louisville. “Dem Reich der Freiheit werb’ ich Bürgerinnen!”: The Heady Rise and Fall of Louise Otto’s Frauenzeitung Louise Otto’s Frauenzeitung is a rarely-seen, fascinating example oft he first stirrings of a bourgeois German women’s movement. Its short life span (it was published regularly from April, 1849 until 1852) does not detract from the power of its -9- message, for it became a rallying point for both the political and social advancement of German women. The paper provides a brief history of the journal as well as an analysis of certain major issues raised in its pages: the improvement of educational and employment opportunities, the role of the German Catholic movement, the importance of the changes wrought by the 1948 revolution. The basic source is an almost complete copy of the journal itself, collected over a period of years from libraries and archives in the Federal Republic and the GDR. Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres University of Minnesota AATG/ACTFL Remember that there will be two Women in German sessions at the AATG/ACTFL meeting in San Francisco, one on pedagogy and one on literature. Affirmative Action in the Teaching of German: Erasing Stereotypes Thursday, Nov. 24 4:00 – 6:00 pm Embarcadero A, intermediate level This session, co-chaired by Marjorie Tussing and Jeanette Clausen, will present successful approaches to dealing with sex-stereotyping in teaching materials for language, literature, and culture courses. It is planned to include audience participation; handouts for each presentation and a bibliography will be distributed. The program will include the following presentations: “Und Frau Meyer ist natürlich in der Küche“ (first-year materials), Ruth Sanders and Audrone Willeke of Miami University; “Sex-Stereotypes in the Teaching of Culture: The documentary Film”, Bärbel Becker-Cantarino of the University of Texas at Austin; “Men and Women in the Art of the Third Reich: Documents of Subjugation”, Richard Johnson of Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne; “Erasing Stereotypes in Teaching Literature”, Elena Offstein of the University of Santa Clara. In addition, we have invited two speakers whose perspectives on sexism in teaching materials should be of interest to everyone. Constance Putnam, publishing representative from Houghton Mifflin, will be present to answer questions about the publisher’s role in the production of textbooks. Wolff von Schmidt of the University of Utah, co-author of First-Year German, will talk about the revisions that this textbook which was critiqued at the 1976 AATG Women in German session, is now undergoing. In all, it promises to be a lively and worthwhile program, so please plan to attend, and tell your friends. Women in German will have a session at the ACTFL/AATG Annual Meeting in San Francisco on “Women and German Literature.” The session will be held on Friday, November 25, 1977, 8:45-10:00 am at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The coordinators, Elizabeth Strodach (University of Cincinnati) and Marlene Heinemann (Indiana University), have selected -10- papers dealing with new and neglected German female writers as well as images of women in German literature of the past and present. THe papers and their authors are as follows: <ol> <li>“Die bleibende Rolle der Rahel Sanzara,” Diana Orendi-Hinze, (John Carroll University)</li> <li>„GDR Women Writers oft he 70’s“ Karen Achberger, (University of Oregon)</li> <li>“Women, Sexual Variance, and Inversion in German Literature,” Sally Tubach, (University of California, Berkely)</li> </ol> A Business meeting for Women in German will also be held at the Annual Meeting; time and location will be announced during this session. All members and friends of Women in German are urged to attend. LETTERS We appreciate letters like this and thought we would share them with you. … I would love to have the button which came out recently, with the clenched fist in the feminine symbol. Not only do I find it very witty and well-conceived, but also does it singnal an approach which I totally share… Susanne Zentop *********************** What Historians are Reading: Franklin Kopitzsch, hrag., Aufklärung und Bürgertum in Deutschland. München, 1976. Nymphenburger Texte zur Wissenschaft 24. Henri Brunschwig. Enlightenment and Romanticism in Eighteenth Century Prussia. Univ. of Chicago Press, 1974 (paper later). French 1947. Both are juicy guides to social history of the 18th century! Love, Deborah *********************** This newsletter was prepared by Evelyn Torton Beck, Yvette Brazell, Nadia Donchenko, Angelika Haag-Schalter, Viktoria Harwig, Biddy Martin, Marsha Meyer, Jim Steakley, Gabriele Strauch and Christa Stutius. SUBSCRIPTIONS Enclosed, please find my $2 ($1) for a year’s subscription to Women in German. Send your check to: Women in German, German Dept., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 Name ___________________________ Adress __________________________ Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Beck, Evelyn Torton Brazell, Yvette Donchenko, Nadia Angelika, Haag-Schalter Harwig, Viktoria Martin, Biddy Meyer, Marsha Steakley, Jim Strauch, Gabriele Stutius, Christa Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Women in German archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977/11/01 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Women in German Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng ger Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1977_Nov Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">No copyright - United States</a> https://wig-herstory.com/files/original/127ef056efacda01a8e52d1127e8bdae.jpg b1a6aef4de8e559a2b73cc490f82ab3e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource In Memory of Sara Friedrichsmeyer Subject The topic of the resource Obituaries; College teachers; Women--Societies and clubs Description An account of the resource Sara Friedrichsmeyer (1943-2021, in memoriam) Wiggies were saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Sara Friedrichsmeyer at the end of August 2021. Sara was a committed and dynamic member of Women in German who contributed greatly to the field of feminist German studies and to our profession as a whole. She was also an inspiring and kind professor who made a great impact on the many individuals who studied and worked with her. Sara received her A.B. in German from the University of North Dakota and her M.A. in German literature from the University of Cincinnati in 1972. She earned her Ph.D. with the title “The Androgynous Ideal and Its Resurgence in the Works of Novalis and Friedrich Schlegel” from the University of Cincinnati in 1979. Sara served as Assistant Professor of German at Raymond Walters College of the University of Cincinnati before joining the faculty at the University of Cincinnati main campus as a tenured professor. From 1996-2006, she served as Chair of the German Department at the University of Cincinnati and supervised dozens of Master and Ph.D. students during her time in the department. In addition, she successfully helped establish close relations with the Max Kade Foundation that supported the founding of the Max Kade Center at UC in 1998, including a Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor and a Max Kade Fellowship. Sara was one of the first women in the German Department at the University of Cincinnati who taught feminist theory and feminist German literature and thus helped numerous students with their dissertations and future publications. She also helped pave the way for gender and transgender studies as well as post-colonial approaches in German Studies. Sara’s research examined the concept of the androgynous in “Romanticism and the Dream of the Androgynous Perfection” in Deutsche Romantik and English Romanticism (ed. Theodore Gish and Sandra Frieden, 1984) as well as “The Subversive Androgyne” in the Women in German Yearbook in 1986. She published on 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century German authors and analyzed contemporary authors’ views on the Enlightenment legacy, such as “On Multiple Selves and Dialogics: Christa Wolf’s Challenge to the ‘Enlightened’ Faust” in Impure Reason: Dialectic of Enlightenment in Germany (ed. Dan Wilson and Rob Holub, 1993). Sara also worked on several Romantic authors and published “Romantic Nationalism: Achim von Arnim’s Gypsy Princess Isabella” in the path-breaking collection Gender and Germanness: Cultural Production of Nation (ed. Patricia Herminghouse and Magda Mueller, 1997). In a trailblazing manner, she co-wrote essays with colleagues, a feminist practice that has become more and more common in German Studies scholarship. Moreover, she influenced today’s approaches to teaching feminist theory within German Studies departments with articles such as “Toward an American Germanics: Feminism as a Force for Change” (with Patricia Herminghouse) that was published in Teaching German in Twentieth-Century America (ed. David Benseler, Craig Nickisch, and Cora Lee Nollendorfs, 2001). In addition, her writing, research, and teaching expertise garnered interest outside of German Studies and she published “Cultural Studies and the Future of Doctoral Education” in the PMLA in 2000. From 1990-1998, Sara served as co-editor of the Women in German Yearbook and served on the journal’s editorial board. She is, after Maggie McCarthy, the longest serving editor of the Yearbook and has had an important impact on developments in gender and German studies in the 1990s. She co-edited multiple volumes, among them The Enlightenment and Its Legacy: Studies in German Literature in Honor of Helga Slessarev (with Barbara Becker-Cantarino, 1991). She co-edited the now classic volume The Imperialist Imagination: German Colonialism and its Legacy (with Sara Lennox and Suzanne Zantop, 1998). The historian Lora Wildenthal writes in her review of the volume, “This book is the first to bring together scholars in various disciplines who work on German colonialism and postcolonial racial issues, and it is a vital contribution to German studies.” Her exemplary contribution to the field is also evident in her presence at many scholarly meetings, frequently as a speaker, as well as in the time and energy she offered to numerous administrative and research projects. She received the UC Dolly Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Distinguished Faculty Award from UC’s Association of Women Faculty, and the Ohio Foreign Language Association’s Publications Award. She served on a number of national committees for the GSA, the AATG, and WIG. After membership on the MLA’s Division of 19th- and Early 20th- Century German Literature and the MLA’s Delegate Assembly, she was a member of the MLA Publication Committee. Sara was a person of great generosity and intellectual curiosity and served as a mentor to many students and colleagues. In the outpouring of sentiments after learning of her passing, several Wiggies commented on her impact in their lives. Heike Henderson, Professor of German at Boise State University, told us, “She introduced me to WiG and brought me to my very first Women in German conference, back in 1990.” Sara Lennox, Professor Emerita of German at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, recalled fondly their joint October birthdays celebrated with a cake at the 2003 WiG conference with "The Saras turn 60" written on it. She also shared the joy of how wonderful it was to work with Sara and Suzanne on The Imperialist Imagination, as well as the sad recognition that both of them are now gone. Kamakshi Murti, Professor Emerita of German at Middlebury College shared, “She was so very supportive of my own research on German orientalism. 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