This #WomenInHistoryWednesday, we are so excited to celebrate the founder and first director of Women and Gender in Global Perspectives program Barbara A. Yates! Barbara established WGGP through interdisciplinary efforts of the Committee on Women in Development on campus and funding from a Title XII Strengthening Grant of the Foreign Assistance Act.
Read more here: https://gec150.web.illinois.edu/1980s/barbara-a-yates/
Women featured in our weekly series are part of the 150 for 150 website Celebrating the Accomplishments of Women at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The website was created by the Gender Equity Council and the University Library to highlight women who have made significant achievements during their time at the University either as students, staff, faculty, or alumni.