After a short commentary by Radcliffe PresidentLinda S. Wilson, Gilligan and Agarwal summarizedthe themes raised by the four panelists andtargeted issues related to the current status ofthe women's movement.

Gilligan said that a woman's development iscentral to the themes of framework andrelationship that the panelists discussed in termsof Wollstonecraft's work.

Agarwal reflected on the panelist's talks fromher perspective as a third world woman confrontinga "western feminist agenda."

One problem of the feminist movement in theUnited States, she said, is the division betweenacademics and those who fight for grassrootssocial change.

"Does the education that Mary Wollstonecraftadvocated necessarily divide women?" she asked thepanel.

Despite one audience member's accusation thatLerner and Mitchell were not responding toAgarwal's question and that Friedan had sleptthrough Agarwal's speech, the colloquium ended ona congenial note.

The panelists stood and joined together in asong that proclaimed "breaking the chains thewomen come, they'll come and they'll find a newworld."

Although cultural critic bell hooks wasexpected to join the colloquium, she could notattend due to illness and was replaced byWilliams, who was a fellow at the BuntingInstitute in 1989-90