Documenting the History of Women in Higher EducationBlog & Updates
Posted on October 22 2015 by Kirsten Adams, Bryn Mawr College Class of 2016
Exploring College Women: Sisters on the Home Front
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Posted on October 12 2015 by Stephanie Bredbenner, Bryn Mawr College Class of 2015
Exploring College Women: Barnard's Greek Games
Where did this interest in Greek come from? Might it be related to the competing "Greek" sorority system? Did it stem from an appreciation of the Classics that Barnard, Bryn Mawr and I'm sure other women's colleges fostered? Why was an event like the Greek Games deemed acceptable by administrators, students, and their families? Why did it continue to resonate for decades?
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Posted on September 30 2015 by Laura Streett, Vassar College Archivist
Vassar’s First Black Students: A History
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Posted on September 10 2015 by Lily Corman Penzel, Mt Holyoke Class of 2015
"In their hands rests the greatest power for good and evil!" Women Voters and Mount Holyoke College in 1920
...The year was 1920. Children could no longer be sent as parcels via the U.S. postal service; Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested on charges of robbery and murder amidst the post war Red Scare; Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees; and on November 2, for the first time in United States history, women voted in national elections.
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Posted on June 11 2015 by Monica Mercado
