Special Report from 1968 that Opened Princeton to Women, Inscribed by the Author
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Princeton University “Princeton Alumni Weekly” Princeton, N.J. Sept. 24, 1968. Vol. LXIX, No. 1. Titled, “The Education of Women at Princeton: A Special Report; On the Desirability and Feasibility of Princeton Entering Significantly into the Education of Women at the Undergraduate Level.” Inscribed by the Author on cover. In 1968, amid controversy and uncertainty concerning the acceptance of women at Princeton, the President and Trustees authorized this extensive study to cover all aspects of the coeducation question. Published as an entire issue of the “Princeton Alumni Weekly,” the result interprets multiple examples from other schools, addresses arguments and concerns, and imagines a coeducational Princeton of the not-so-distant future. It also includes the virulent minority opposition of Prof. Arthur Horton, who fought the presence of women well after they became a normal feature of campus life. The positive decision came just in time for the April 1969 letters, when for the first time the student body was joined by 148 women. Very good condition. This copy is notably inscribed to a woman “With the complement of the author/ 16 Sept 1968/ Princeton, N.J.” An important historical artifact of 1960’s feminist academic reform.Item #15971
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