Discuss why Womens Studies emerged in the academic community. Refer to at least three learning resources assigned for this week in your response.

Some questions to consider (you do not need to answer all of these; they are here to help you get started on a response):

        What need in the university does Women’s Studies seek to fulfill?
        What need in society as a whole is Women’s Studies responding to? Specifically at the time Women’s Studies emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s? Today?
        How has Women’s Studies changed the way we think about academic research? The world?
        What is the value of Women’s Studies for students, scholars, and universities? 
        How does the scholarship produced in Women’s Studies affect (or potentially affect) our world outside the university?
        Why are Women’s Studies programs inherently interdisciplinary? Mention one discipline that seems especially influential within Womens Studies, and tell us why.
        What does it mean to “claim” an education? Why is this a particularly useful concept for understanding the role of Women’s Studies in the university?

***Use APA parenthetical citations in your text and include a reference list at the end of your post. When you refer to and/or discuss any resources, you need to include a citation for that source, such as: (Braincraft, 2015).  For more information on APA style, go to:

https://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/apa_examples.cfm

Resources:

Womens Studies
https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3045302986&v=2.1&u=umd_umuc&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&asid=1313d09d7aae19164815a8606c929a80

A Look Back At Womens Studies Since The 1970s
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124775888?storyId=124775888

Claiming an Education” by Adrienne Rich
http://www.yorku.ca/cvandaal/files/ClaimingAnEducation.pdf

PIPELINES, PATHWAYS,and INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP
https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/HES-Pipelines-Pathways-and-Institutional-Leadership-2017.pdf#search=women