Teaching Feminism
In 1968, Russell married an American psychologist who taught at the University of California in San Francisco. Subsequently, she started teaching as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mills College, in Oakland, California in 1969. Not only did she offer one of the first women’s studies courses in the college, but it was also one of the earliest of such courses offered in the United States. During the 22 years she taught at Mills College, she developed many more courses in feminism and pushed for Feminism to emerge as a major field of study at the college.
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