Panel discussion held by Jane Mattes, Psychotherapist, Founder and National Director, Single... Show morePanel discussion held by Jane Mattes, Psychotherapist, Founder and National Director, Single Mothers by Choice; Constance L. Royster, Senior Counsel, Cooper, Liebowitz, Royster, & Wright, and single adoptive parent; Andrea Troy, adoption consultant and board member, New York Singles Adopting Children; and Leni Goodman, Supervisor, rehabilitation and vocational counseling, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center during the Morning Panels Session of the Scholar and Feminist Conference at Barnard College. Papers presented or name of session: "Choosing to be a Single Mother (Through Conception or Adoption)". Show less
Paper delivered by Sheila Kamerman, Compton Foundation Centennial Professor of Social Policy and... Show morePaper delivered by Sheila Kamerman, Compton Foundation Centennial Professor of Social Policy and Planning, Columbia University School of Social Work during the Afternoon Panels Session of the Scholar and Feminist Conference at Barnard College. Papers presented or name of session: "Childcare and the State". Show less
Paper delivered by Betty Jean Lifton, author of nearly thirty books on adoption and psychology... Show morePaper delivered by Betty Jean Lifton, author of nearly thirty books on adoption and psychology for children and adults, including Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness (Basic Books, 1994), during the Scholar and Feminist Conference at Barnard College. Papers presented or name of session: "The Psychology of Adoption: Mothers and Children in Open and Closed Adoption". Show less
Paper delivered by Jan Abernathy, President and Founder, Dreams Into Action; Gwen Parker Ames,... Show morePaper delivered by Jan Abernathy, President and Founder, Dreams Into Action; Gwen Parker Ames, Project Coordinator, World of Work Program: Dreams Into Action; and Kim Ramirez, Director, Liberty Partnerships Program, Borough of Manhattan Community College at the Scholar and Feminist Conference at Barnard College. Papers presented or name of session: "Working with Unmarried Adolescent Mothers". Show less
Paper presented by Sondra Segal, playwright, poet, essayist; former Co-Artistic Director of The... Show morePaper presented by Sondra Segal, playwright, poet, essayist; former Co-Artistic Director of The Women's Experimental Theater and Roberta Sklar, Theatre Director; formerly Associate Professor of Performing Studies at New York University; former co-artistic director of The Women's Experimental Theater at the Scholar and Feminist Conference at Barnard College. Papers presented or name of session: "Lesbian Parenting: Radical or Retrograde?". Show less
Closing Keynote Address with Jewell Jackson McCabe, Chair and Founder, The National Coalition of... Show moreClosing Keynote Address with Jewell Jackson McCabe, Chair and Founder, The National Coalition of 100 Black Women; Chair, New York State Jobs Training Partnership Council; and President, Jewell Jackson McCabe Associates, Inc. at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XXII at Barnard College. Papers presented or name of session: "Boundary-Crossing Leadership: A Twenty-First Century Reality". Show less