IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
JANE ALISON WEISS (1943-1981)
PAPERS, 1967-1981
10 linear inches
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers were
donated by the Women's Resource
and Action Center (donor no. 222) and Nancy Hauserman (donor no. 193) in
1995. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open
for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has not been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Kristen Rassbach, 1996. |
Biography
Jane Alison Weiss was born on October 19,
1943 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Thomas W. and Doris Pope Weiss. She received her B.A. in journalism from Pennsylvania
State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford
University. Weiss was an Assistant
Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Iowa from 1978
to 1981. She was killed in an
automobile accident on June 5, 1981 at the age of thirty-seven.
Scope and
Content Note
The Jane Weiss papers date from 1967 to 1981 and measure 10
linear inches. The papers are arranged in three
series: Biographical, Research and teaching, and Miscellaneous. All the folder titles in the Research and
teaching series are Weiss's original titles.
The Biographical series (1981) consists of a newspaper clipping about
the Jane A. Weiss memorial plaque which commemorates the University of Iowa for
being the first institution of its kind to admit men and women on an equal
basis, a posthumous letter written by Nancy Hauserman to Weiss about the
memorial in her honor, the eulogy which was read at Weiss's memorial service,
and several photographs taken at the dedication of the memorial.
The Research and teaching series (1967-1980 and undated) consists of
Weiss's course notes, research papers, and newspaper and magazine articles
relating to her courses in women's studies.
The Miscellaneous series (1977-1980 and undated) contains several
papers written by Weiss and others which she used in her teaching, as well as
the lyrics of the theme song for the Iowa Women's Meeting which Weiss attended.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Biographical
Letter and eulogy, 1981
Newspaper clippings, 1981
Photographs, 1981
Research and teaching
Biology and the woman
Women: biology, 1977-1979
and undated
Women and evolution, 1976
Law and Politics
Affirmative action,
1970-1978 and undated
Battering, 1977-1980 and
undated
Lawyers, 1980
Legal status papers, 1976
Politics, 1978
Women's education
Socialization, 1977-1979 and
undated
Women and education,
1975-1978 and undated
Women in the workplace
Cross-national employment,
1979 and undated
Earnings, 1970-1979
Employment, 1970-1980 [2
folders]
Employment proposal, undated
Faculty mobility, 1978-1980
Human capital and mobility
models, undated
Labor force participation,
1975-1979 and undated
Labor markets, 1978
Occupational segregation,
1977 and undated
Psychological explanations
of inequality, 1973-1979 and undated
Box 2
Social structure of the
labor force, undated
Women and management, 1976,
1977 and undated
Women and the military, 1977
Women in the world
Women: Ireland, 1967-1977
and undated
Women in developing nations,
1980
Women: minorities, undated
Women's issues
Women: bibliographies,
1975-1978 and undated
Women's studies courses,
1978
The Women's Movement
Equal Rights Amendment,
1976-1979 and undated
Impact of the women's
movement, 1974-1979 and undated
The women's movement,
1977-1979 and undated
Women's lives
Women: personal
relationships, 1978-1979 and undated
Women: sexuality, 1976-1979
and undated
Women's roles
Motherhood, undated
Women: myths, 1976-1978 and
undated
Women: psychological effects
of role assignment, 1978-1980 and undated
Miscellaneous
Articles
"Alice in Wonderland: A
Study of Women Faculty in Graduate Departments of Sociology," Michelle Patterson, undated
"Women's Work and
Theories of Class Stratification," Elizabeth Garnesey, undated
"Direct Government
Involvement in the Economy: Theory and
Methods Misapplied," Jane Alison Weiss and Jay D. Teachman, 1979
"Socialist Women:
European Socialist Feminism in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth
Centuries," Jane Alison Weiss, undated
"Differentiation within
the United States Capitalist Class: Workforce Size and Income
Differences," Howard Aldrich and Jane Weiss, 1980
Iowa Women's Meeting: lyrics
to the theme song, undated