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In Memoriam

In Memoriam In Memorandum Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 2016, Vol. 31(3) 285-286 In Memoriam: L. Diane Bernard ª The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0886109916656293 aff.sagepub.com Jeane W. Anastas On April 3, 2016, social work lost one of its most visionary feminist leaders, Dr. L. Diane Bernard. As those involved with Affilia likely know, Diane was one of the journal’s ‘‘founding mothers.’’ For those who do not know, here roughly is the story: Years ago, Diane was part of a group of eminent social work educators, convened by Bea Saun- ders, who were all complaining that their manuscripts on women were rejected by social work scholarly journals while those on other topics were most often accepted. Out of this extended conversation came the idea of founding a journal, Affilia, to disseminate knowledge about the many problems affecting women and their resilience in the face of them, to promote feminist thinking, and to offer emerging scholars in these areas a place to publish their work as they pursued academic careers. The first issue was published in 1986 with Bea Saunders as Affilia’s founding editor. Feminist and antisexist activism were not the only ways that Diane gave her http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

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SAGE
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2016
ISSN
0886-1099
eISSN
1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/0886109916656293
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In Memorandum Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 2016, Vol. 31(3) 285-286 In Memoriam: L. Diane Bernard ª The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0886109916656293 aff.sagepub.com Jeane W. Anastas On April 3, 2016, social work lost one of its most visionary feminist leaders, Dr. L. Diane Bernard. As those involved with Affilia likely know, Diane was one of the journal’s ‘‘founding mothers.’’ For those who do not know, here roughly is the story: Years ago, Diane was part of a group of eminent social work educators, convened by Bea Saun- ders, who were all complaining that their manuscripts on women were rejected by social work scholarly journals while those on other topics were most often accepted. Out of this extended conversation came the idea of founding a journal, Affilia, to disseminate knowledge about the many problems affecting women and their resilience in the face of them, to promote feminist thinking, and to offer emerging scholars in these areas a place to publish their work as they pursued academic careers. The first issue was published in 1986 with Bea Saunders as Affilia’s founding editor. Feminist and antisexist activism were not the only ways that Diane gave her

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Aug 1, 2016

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