HEW, the University, & Women

Over the past few years the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and the acadamic establishment have been engaged in a contest over equal employment opportunities for university women. In October 1967, Executive Order 11246, as amended by 11375, extended equal employment rights to women in universities holding federal contracts. Under this Order, acadamic women alleging discrimination could file complaints with the Office of Civil Rights, directed by J. Stanley Pottinger. If noncompliance was found with the terms of federal contracts, Mr. Pottinger could recommend contract cancellations to the Department of Labor.

In 1969 it seemed that the status of women would be improved if statistical information was presented sh...