IWU Students and Countercultures of the 1960s: Action and Influence of the Civil Rights and Women’s Movemen

Lillian Winkeler, Illinois Wesleyan University

Major

History

Second Major

Women's and Gender Studies

Submission Type

Oral Presentation

Area of Study or Work

History, Women's and Gender Studies

Faculty Advisor

Courtney Irby

Location

CNS E103

Start Date

4-13-2024 11:15 AM

End Date

4-13-2024 12:15 PM

Abstract

The 1960s was a decade of national movements and far-reaching social change in the United States. This research paper shifts to examine the local impact on students at the small liberal arts college of Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU). National scale movements such as the civil rights and women’s movement played an important role in shaping students' lives, activism, and participation in American society. Drawing on archival research of student organizations and activism at Illinois Wesleyan throughout the 1960s, I employ feminist methods to decipher the lived experience of social change at a small local level in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Looking closely at a small private university offers an important vantage point into this time which has normally focused on large-scale national movements.

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IWU Students and Countercultures of the 1960s: Action and Influence of the Civil Rights and Women’s Movemen

CNS E103

The 1960s was a decade of national movements and far-reaching social change in the United States. This research paper shifts to examine the local impact on students at the small liberal arts college of Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU). National scale movements such as the civil rights and women’s movement played an important role in shaping students' lives, activism, and participation in American society. Drawing on archival research of student organizations and activism at Illinois Wesleyan throughout the 1960s, I employ feminist methods to decipher the lived experience of social change at a small local level in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Looking closely at a small private university offers an important vantage point into this time which has normally focused on large-scale national movements.