mnsss498 Elizabeth Dodson Gray Papers, 1970s-2008 Finding Aid Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
2010

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 Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 12.0. Encoded by Margaret Jessup. July 26, 2010 Finding aid written in English. Collection Overview Gray, Elizabeth Dodson, 1929- Elizabeth Dodson Gray Papers1970s-2008 MS 648 5 boxes (4.5 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
Theologian; Writer. Papers contain lecture notes, writings, and articles and clippings about women and women's issues. [NOTE: The contents list for this collection is not online. Contact the Sophia Smith Collection if you would like one sent to you.] Biographical Note

Elizabeth Dodson Gray graduated from Smith College in 1951, and earned her BDiv. from Yale Divinity School in 1954. In 1957, she married fellow Yale classmate, David Gray, with whom she has two children, Hunter and Lisa. From 1957 to 1972, the couple worked together in Epicopal parish ministsry, and during the 1970s and 1980s, they taught together at MIT's Sloan School of Management, at Williams College, and at Boston College; Elzabeth D. Gray also taught at the Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, New Hampshire. In the early 1970s, Gray "worked out for herself a feminist critique of our male-dominated culture," and since 1978 she has served as director of the Theological Opportunities Program (TOPS) at Harvard Divinity School, which sponsors Thursday morning lectures on a variety of topics having to do with patriarchy, ecofeminism, women's interpretation of religious matters, and the like. In 2000, Gray received Yale University's Distinguished Alumni Award.

[Biographical information was taken from IWWG and Yale Divinity School web sites]

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Elizabeth Dodson Gray Papers contain lecture notes; books by Gray, and books and publications containing writings by her; and articles and clippings about women and women's issues.

[NOTE: The contents list for this collection is not online. Contact the Sophia Smith Collection if you would like one sent to you.]

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.

Collection is stored offsite; researchers must give 48 hours advance notice.

The material in this collection may be protected by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights for permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Permission must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

 Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Elizabeth Dodson Gray Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Periodic additions to collection are expected and may not be reflected in this record.

The Elizabeth Dodson Gray Papers were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection by Elizabeth Dodson Gray beginning in 2008.

Accessioned by Burd Schlessinger, 2009

Women in Christianity Women and religion -- History--20th century -- Sources Women theologians -- United States Ecofeminism -- Religious aspects Feminism -- Religious aspects Feminist spirituality -- History -- Sources Feminist theology -- History -- Sources Religions -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources Women -- Religious life Theological Opportunities Program Gray, Elizabeth Dodson, 1929-

Associated material can be found in the Theological Opportunities Program Records.