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

Kingman Brewster, president of Yale University, announced in 1968 that Yale would admit 500 women into Yale College in the following Fall. The impact of coeducation at Yale was far reaching, in addition to the integration of female students into Yale College and the residential colleges, services and regulations such as housing, dining, parietal rules, and health services were examined and changed as necessary. Additionally, a small number of new services and programs were created, such as gynecological services, sex counseling, and courses on human sexuality. Coeducation brought other women's issues at Yale, including women faculty and women's studies, to the forefront.

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), which oversaw every aspect of planning. In 1969, the University Committee on Coeducation was formed and was also chaired by Wasserman. The Committee continued to oversee the transition and facilitate integration of the female students. The Coeducation Office, headed by Wasserman, was also established to facilitate programs initiated by the Committee and to serve as a resource for the undergraduates, as well as graduate students, other women on campus, and administrators.

Wasserman left Yale in 1972. Mary Arnstein became Acting Special Assistant to the President and chair of the University Committee on Coeducation. 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 in 1973. 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. There was a separate University Council Committee on the Education of Women that was a Yale Corporation Committee.

From the guide to the Office on the Education of Women, Yale University, records, 1968-1995, (Manuscripts and Archives)