Johnnetta Cole keynote speech for the 10th Anniversary of Women\u27s Studies and Minority Studies at Denison, 1990

Johnnetta Cole, President of Spelman College, speech titled Women\u27s Studies/Minority Studies: A Necessity for Us All . Addresses issues of gender and race in modern society, the place of these issues in college curriculum and ends with this quote from Sojourner Truth: Sisters, I ain\u27t clear what you be after -- If women want any rights more than they got, why don\u27t they just take them and not be talking about it

Introduction: Toward an Engaged Feminist Heritage Praxis

We advocate a feminist approach to archaeological heritage work in order to transform heritage practice and the production of archaeological knowledge. We use an engaged feminist standpoint and situate intersubjectivity and intersectionality as critical components of this practice. An engaged feminist approach to heritage work allows the discipline to consider women’s, men’s, and gender non-conforming persons’ positions in the field, to reveal their contributions, to develop critical pedagogical approaches, and to rethink forms of representation. Throughout, we emphasize the intellectual labor of women of color, queer and gender non-conforming persons, and early white feminists in archaeology