The Chronicle of Higher Education

U. of Washington Picks a Man to Lead Its Women's-Studies Department

By ROBIN WILSON

"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle." That feminist slogan was popular 35 years ago, as the women's liberation movement was giving birth to the field of women's studies. But the University of Washington has decided that what its women's-studies department needs is a man.

The university...

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