Selected Publications on Coeducation at Smith College, 1967-1994

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Twenty-three articles selected from the Smith College Alumnae Quarterly and The Sophian (student newspaper) on the issue of coeducation at Smith. A detailed historical summary of developments on the issue was printed in a sidebar to an series of articles in the 19944/95 Alumnae Quarterly. NOTE: These articles do not necessarily represent a comprehensive gathering of material from these publications on the subject.

Related Records:

Smith College:

Ely Chinoy, Faculty Planning Committee Records - Coeducation Materials, 1967-1971

Mount Holyoke College:

RG 2: Origins and Governance Records - Coeducation

RG 7.12: Office of the Dean of Students - Subject Files: Coeducation Records: Dartmouth Coed Week, 1969.

RG 4.17 - Office of the President. David Bicknell Truman - Series C: Subject Files: Coeducation. Correspondence, 1960-1973

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	PUBLICATION:	DATE:
	The Sophian: "Taylor: Arguments for Coeducation" by Phoebe L. S. Taylor (pp. 4, 6)	1967 April 6
	Smith Alumnae Quarterly: Helen Dunbar Seymour '09, "Coeducation" [Letter to the Editor] (p. 2)	1967 Aug.
	The Sophian:	1968 Oct. 10
	The Sophian: "10-college exchange program to bridge 'coeducation gap'" by Betsy Whitbeck '71 (pp. 1, 10)	1969 Feb. 6
	The Sophian: "Student coeducation survey released" (pp. 5-6) [Ed. Note: "The following is a summation of the results obtained last spring by Professor Peter Rose in a coeducation survey. This summary was prepared by Professor Ely Chinoy."]	1969 Feb. 6
	The Sophian: "Princeton coeds sacrifice privacy for intellect" by Gainor Davis '71 and Alicia Campi '71 (p. 1)	1969 Feb. 20
	The Sophian: "Coed Week Here" (p. 4) [Editorial]	1969 Feb. 20
	The Sophian: "Snow necessitates Wesleyan Coed Week" by Rhoda Miccocci '70 (p. 6)	1969 Feb. 20
	Smith Alumnae Quarterly: "Coeducation" (p. 12) "It's Good But Is It Necessary?" by Lawrence A. Fink, Associate Professor of Education (p. 13) "Let's Discuss Coeducation Without the Faculty, the Alumnae or the Administration" (pp. 14-18) [Transcript of a taped discussion featuring the following students: Sandra Fascell '69, Shannon Hack '72, Tara Harvey '71, Carolyn Mook '69, Marcia Nichols '70, Catherine Smith '71, Virginia Soule '71, Elizabeth Stage '72] "Alumnae Comments on Coeducation for Smith" (from questionnaire sent by College Planning Committee to 1,500 alumnae)	1969 April
	Smith Alumnae Quarterly: Marjorie Flory '51, "Three Alumnae and the First Female Students at Yale, Princeton and Williams" (pp. 24-26)	1970 April
	The Sophian: "Administration discusses coeducation" by Casey Callahan (pp. 1-2)	1976 Dec. 2
	The Sophian: "Greep, Kotler add evidence to support coeducation" by Margo Greep and Mindy Kotler (p. 12)	1976 Dec. 2
	Smith Alumnae Quarterly: "Coeducation: Revisiting the Debate" "A Question of Quality: Eleven Professors..." Peter DeVilliers: "Much Ado about Nothing" Historical Highlights Mary Maples Dunn: "All Things Not Being Equal" Karin Fischer '96: "Woman to Woman" John Wolf: "The First Men at Vassar" George Willauer: "Conversion of a Skeptic" Brandi Sikorski: "Colliding with Coeducation" (Wheaton alumna) Jeffrey Eckber: "14 Brave Men" (Brown exchange students at SC)	1994/95 Winter

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