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by Anne Gardiner Perkins

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The author discusses how the first young women to enroll at Yale fought against the backward-leaning traditions of a centuries-old institution and created the opportunities that would carry them into the future.

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WINNER OF THE 2020 CONNECTICUT BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION AND NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS FOR BOOK CLUBS IN 2021 BY BOOKBROWSE

"Perkins makes the story of these early and unwitting feminist pioneers come alive against the backdrop of the contemporaneous civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1970s, and offers observations that remain eerily relevant on U.S. campuses today."--Edward B. Fiske, bestselling author of Fiske Guide to Colleges

"If Yale was going to keep its standing as one of the top two or three colleges in the nation, the availability of women was an amenity it could no longer do without."

In the winter of 1969, from big cities to small towns, young women across the country sent in applications to Yale University for the first time. The Ivy League institution dedicated to graduating "one thousand male leaders" each year had finally decided to open its doors to the nation's top female students. The landmark decision was a huge step forward for women's equality in education.

Or was it?

The experience the first undergraduate women found when they stepped onto Yale's imposing campus was not the same one their male peers enjoyed. Isolated from one another, singled out as oddities and sexual objects, and barred from many of the privileges an elite education was supposed to offer, many of the first girls found themselves immersed in an overwhelmingly male culture they were unprepared to face. Yale Needs Women is the story of how these young women fought against the backward-leaning traditions of a centuries-old institution and created the opportunities that would carry them into the future. Anne Gardiner Perkins's unflinching account of a group of young women striving for change is an inspiring story of strength, resilience, and courage that continues to resonate today.

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  • Title Yale Needs Women: How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant
  • Author Anne Gardiner Perkins
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Sourcebooks
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9781492687740 / 149268774X
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.3 in (23.37 x 16.00 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Geographic Orientation: Connecticut
    • Locality: New Haven-Bridgeport, CT
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical:
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Yale University - History, Women in higher education
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019024227
  • Dewey Decimal Code 378.746

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2019, Page 9
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2019, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 07/12/2019, Page 1
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/24/2019, Page 0
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