William Smith Rising in 1994

By Carlyle Klein

A moment in time chronicling the women of William Smith College

An advertisement found in the student newspaper The Observer which was aiming to be funny but still had a sense of objectification of women. In this same issue of The Observer there were no “advertisements” that pitched men in the same light.

Objectifying William Smith Women

Continued Objectification

Another cartoon that was aiming to be funny but still was an objectification of women.

Feelings on Women

Speaks to the lack of hired women educators as well as their lower salaries.

How men view and feel about women and sexual assault.

Both images are from the same honors essay.

Creating Awareness

Shows the lack of interest in creating and developing a Women’s Studies program

Also from the same honors essay

Progression & Repression of Women

A ban was set in 1994 that prohibited women

from fighting in combat.

Bill Clinton signs the 1994 Violence Against

Women Act.

Rothschild taking Action

A quote published in the 1994 Pultney St. Survey

Rothschild, a William Smith alumna believed in empowering women to take a stance on hardcore issues such as:

PoliticsSalary Discrepancies

Elizabeth Blackwell statue Constructed in 1994

Publication put out by William Smith for William Smith students on topics that were important to them in 1994.

Two major steps on the HWS campus in 1994 that highlighted the voices of William Smith students as well as the potential women held in the professional field.

SourcesThe Observer. Spring 1994. Box 3. Archives, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY. 28 October 2014.

The Observer. Spring 1994. Box 3. Archives, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY. 28 October 2014.

Hoskins, Elizabeth. Waves. 2 February 1994. Box 3. Folder 2. Student Publications. Archives and Special Collections, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Geneva, NY 25 October 2014.

Adam Zyglis. Cartoon. Webshots. The Buffalo News. 6 February 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2014

The Pulteney Street Survey. August 1993. Archives and Special Collections, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY: 28 October 2014.

“From The Archives: Violence Against Women Act 20 Years Later”. Anti Defamation League. Web. 3 November 2014.

Anderson, Jessica. Backlash Revisited: The Politics of Sexuality and Gender on Campus. 1994. Print