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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1979
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By RUTH GRAVES
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Texas A&M historian said Tuesday night.
Dr. Sara Alpern, who teaches American and women’s history here,
discussed the subject of her recently completed dissertation — Freda
Kirch wey.
Alpern’s speech in the Memorial Student Center was sponsored by
Phi Delta Gamma, graduate and professional women’s honorary soci
ety, and South Central Women’s Studies Association.
Kirchwey, she said, deserves inclusion in American history be
cause of her achievements while working on the liberal journal The
Nation.
Kirchwey owned, edited and published The Nation from 1937 to
1955. She was influential during her own lifetime, Alpern said, yet
she is "virtually invisible’ in history.
Because “we see what we expect to see, Alpern said, historians
ignore women because women are not expected to hold important
political, economic and military positions.
“We see men as making history, Alpern said.
Kirchwey, Alpern said, lived in a time that was characterized by
the changing of generally accepted roles of women. Since Kirchwey
was a pioneer in choosing what was considered to be a male role, she
had problems trying to balance her three identities: wife, mother and
professional.
Alpern’s research on Kirchwey s life included interviewing Kir
chwey s only living son and sorting “nine liquor boxes of uncataloged
papers. Much of the information about Kirchwey’s personal life,
Alpern said, was found in letters Kirchwey wrote to her husband,
Evans Clark.
A new trend in women’s history, the historian said, deals with
women who have acomplishments outside of traditional male roles.
The little historical coverage women have had in the past, she said,
dealt mainly with professional women.
If women haven’t been in positions of power, who cares?’ she
said. For example, Alpern said, history should include the ordinary
roles of women — homemaker or cook.
“Why not rewrite history with women in it?, Alpern said.
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Central Bureau of Statistics.
The bureau said Monday 1,626
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percent increase over the year be
fore, while 1,073 deaths were
caused by motor vehicle accidents.
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tain whether the fatal injury was ac
cidental or selfinflicted. These ...
were chiefly poisoning and drown-
ings,” the bureau said.
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Dr. Sara Alpern, a member of the history department at
Texas A&M University, spoke to a graduate and professioanl
women’s honorary association and South Central Women’s
Studies Association Tuesday night. Alpern’s speech covered
the life of Freda Kirchwey, a leading journalist and publisher
of Nation magazine from 1937 to 1955.
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