Office on the Education of Women, Yale University, records 1968-1995

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Office on the Education of Women, Yale University, records 1968-1995

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The records of Office on the Education of Women (formerly the Coeducation Office) document all aspects of Yale University's transition to undergraduate coeducation, as well as the status of women at Yale and women in academe. Planning for incorporating women in Yale College and the residential colleges, admissions, and the first undergraduate female students are particularly well documented. The records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, admission applications and other student data, and printed articles and news clippings, primarily maintained by the Special Assistant to the President on the Education of Women.

21.5 linear feet (51 boxes)

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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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 a...