Yale University. Office on the Education of Women.

Yale president, Kingman Brewster, announced in 1968 that Yale would admit 500 women into Yale College in the following Fall. Coeducation impacted all aspects of undergraduate life at Yale. Services and regulations were examined and changed as necessary and new services and programs were created, such as gynecological services, sex counseling, and courses on human sexuality. Coeducation brought other women's issues, including women faculty and women's studies, to the forefront as well. Brewster appointed Elga Wasserman as Special Assistant to the President on the Education of Women to serve as advisor and to oversee the planning and implementation of coeducation in its undergraduate program. Wasserman chaired the Planning Committee on Coeducation (1968-1969). In 1969, the University Committee on Coeducation was formed and was also chaired by Wasserman. The Coeducation Office was established to facilitate programs initiated by the Committee and to serve as a resource for the undergraduates, graduate students, other women on campus, and administrators. Mary Arnstein became Acting Special Assistant to the President and chair of the University Committee on Coeducation, when Wasserman left Yale in 1972. A year later, the Committee voted to terminate the position of Special Assistant and the Coeducation Office and transfer responsibilities to existing offices and a reorganized University Committee on the Education of Women. Some functions of the Coeducation Office were assumed by the new Office on the Education of Women. The University Committee on the Education of Women served as an advisory group to the president on issues related to women at Yale until 1977.

From the description of Records of Office on the Education of Women, 1968-1995 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702170685

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