Reminiscences of Bettina Berch, 1983

Biographical Note

Interviewee, an economics professor, was born in 1950

Scope and Contents

Student days at Barnard: Linda LeClair scandal over dormitory restrictions, opening of Plimpton Hall, beginning of experimental college; participation in Columbia University's student strike, 1968: parents' response, role of women, occupation of Fayerweather Hall and pretrial hearing; effects of feminist beliefs on career

Subjects

• Barnard College.
• Berch, Bettina--Interviews.
• Columbia University--Strike.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Feminism.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Smythe, Victor N., interviewer.
• Student movements.
• Student strikes.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984