Professor
      Focus
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Edward
      Fobes
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Professor
      Vaughn
      Jelliffe
      is
      a
      feminist
      educator
      and
     
     
      writer
      concerned
      with
      making
      the
      world
      a
      caring
      and
     
     
      cooperative
      place.
      With
      knowledge
      and
      candour,
      she
     
     
      espouses
      equal
      rights
      for
      women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jelliffe
      felt
      angry
      living
      under
      a
      political
      system
     
     
      containing
      barriers
      to
      her
      freedom
      and
      equality.
     
     
      After
      graduating
      from
      Carleton
      University,*in
      Ottawa,
     
     
      with
      a
      Bachelor
      of
      Arts
      in
      English
      Literature,
      she
     
     
      helped
      organize
      a
      conference
      called
      Women
      and
      the
     
     
      Constitution.
      The
      equality
      clause
      in
      the
      Charter
      of
     
     
      Rights
      and
      Freedoms
      resulted
      directly
      from
      the
     
     
      political
      activity
      of
      over
      fifteen
      hundred
      women
      who
     
     
      participated
      in
      this
      conference.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      desire
      for
      more
      knowledge
      about
      women’s
      issues
     
     
      drew
      her
      back
      to
      Carleton
      University.
      Obtaining
      her
     
     
      graduate
      degree,
      whe
      became
      a
      member
      of
      Canada’s
     
     
      first
      class
      in
      women’s
      studies
      at
      a
      Master’s
      level.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Calling
      herself
      an
      original
      thinker,
      Jelliffe
      believes
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      in
      alternatives
      to
      present
      social
      institutions;
     
     
      alternatives
      that
      include
      women
      and
      men
      as
      equals.
     
     
      Her
      women’s
      studies
      course
      entitled
      "The
      Family
      of
     
     
      Women"
      identifies
      women’s
      experience
      in
      an
     
     
      historical/social/political
      context
      and
      critiques
      social
     
     
      institutions
      which
      affect
      the
      experience
      of
      women
      and
     
     
      children.
      The
      majority
      of
      institutions
      follow
      a
     
     
      patriarchal
      model;
      a
      model
      that
      excludes
      women
      and
     
     
      children
      from
      positions
      of
      power.
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Having
      a
      father
      in
      the
      military
      meant
      frequent
      moves
     
     
      for
      the
      young
      Jelliffe.
      She
      felt
      a
      kinship
      to
      the
     
     
      Island
      because
      her
      grandparents
      lived
      here.
      As
      an
     
     
      adult
      living
      in
      Ottawa,
      she
      tried
      to
      visit
      the
      Island
     
     
      every
      summer.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      a
      small
      community
      like
      Prince
      Edward
      Island,
     
     
      Jelliffe
      enjoys
      the
      opportunity
      to
      espouse
      her
      beliefs
     
     
      to
      individuals.
      She
      lobbied
      extensively
      against
      the
     
     
      Meech
      Lake
      accord
      because
      of
      what
      she
      felt
      were
     
    
   
   
    
     
      deliberate
      obscurities
      in
      a
      document
      that
      failed
      to
     
     
      protect
      women’s
      constitutional
      equality.
      Although
     
     
      the
      majority
      of
      Islanders
      hesitate
      to
      embrace
      the
     
     
      women’s
      movement,
      an
      active
      community
      concerned
     
     
      with
      women’s
      issues
      exists.
      Jelliffe
      wants
      to
      make
     
     
      more
      people
      aware
      of
      what
      women
      experience
      when
     
     
      faced
      with
      social
      institutions
      that
      exclude
      them
      from
     
     
      full
      participation.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Central
      to
      Jelliffe
      are
      her
      five
      children.
      Through
     
     
      -personal
      experiences,
      as
      a
      mother,
      gleans
      much
      of
     
     
      what
      goes
      into
      her
      beliefs
      and
      ideas.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Women’s
      studies
      are_more
      than
      Jelliffe’s
      course
      of
     
     
      study
      or
      area
      Of
      expertise.
      They
      span
      her
      personal
     
     
      life.
      ASked
      to
      give
      a
      reason
      for
      her
      dedication
      to
     
     
      this
      field
      she
      replied,
      "Because
      I’m
      a
      woman."
      Later
     
     
      in
      the
      interview,
      she
      felt:
      my
      questions
      concerning
     
     
      her
      hobbies
      reflected
      the
      tendencies
      of
      patriarchal
     
     
      institutions
      to
      compartmentalize
      life.
      Because
      she
     
     
      is
      a
      woman,
      then
      issues
      she
      teaches
      at
      the
      university
     
     
      and
      lobbies
      for
      in
      the
      community
      confront
      her
     
     
      continually,
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      September
      27,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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