Yale needs women : how the first group of girls rewrote the rules of an Ivy League giant / Anne Gardiner Perkins.

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    • Abstract:
      Summary: "Yale University, along with the rest of the Ivy League, kept its gates closed to women until the class of 1969. The reason for letting them in? As an incentive for men to attend. Yale Needs Women is the story of why the most elite schools in the nation refused women for so long, and what the first women to enter those halls faced when they stepped onto campus"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Content Notes:
      268 years of men -- Superwomen -- A thousand male leaders -- Consciousness -- Sex-blind -- Margaret asks for the mic -- The sisterhood -- Breaking the rules -- The opposition -- Reinforcements -- Tanks versus BB guns -- Mountain moving day.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-354) and index.
      1 3 5 17 19
    • ISBN:
      9781492687740
    • Accession Number:
      2019024227
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1078606