Add to ORKGFROM THE NATIONAL OFFICE By Elaine Reuben At the opening session of the 1980 NWSA Convention, Dale Spender urged U.S. feminist educators to educate themselves beyond national boundaries. She called for an extension of our consciousness-raising efforts to understand and appreciate differences within an international feminist movement: for our own sakes, as well as for our sisters around the globe. In the Spring Newsletter editorial, Florence Howe noted the large questions and hard choices posed by a growing awareness of international developments in women\u27s studies. Should we be institution-building in the U.S. or helping, advising, missionizing, urging—and learning from—women\u27s studies internationally? she queried, knowing that ther...