Girls and women were among those enslaved by Princeton faculty and administrators
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Wives of University presidents played important, but unrecognized, roles at Princeton
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The women on Princeton's staff have served in roles from servant to college president
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Evelyn College opened higher education to women for 10 years in the late 1800s
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Many buildings around campus that were donated by women are named for men
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More than 100 women took classes at Princeton prior to the formal admission of women
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Women began teaching at Princeton on a formal basis in the 1940s
The Graduate School began to admit women in 1961
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The first female undergraduates enrolled at Princeton in 1969
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Women created new student organizations and joined existing ones
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The Gender + Sexuality Resource Center serves as a site for community-building
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Women began to impact the academic experience at Princeton as soon as they arrived
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Eating clubs first accepted woman as members over a period of nearly 20 years
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Women serve in top leadership positions at the University
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30 sStories of Women at Princeton guides users in exploring the history of women affiliated with Princeton University, from the enslaved women owned by faculty and administrators in the 1700s to the administrators, faculty, staff, and students of today. In doing so, it grants formal recognition to the lives of women whose stories have often been excluded from the University’s historical narrative.
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