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A Men’s College with Women? Over 50 Years of Women’s Leadership and Education at Bowdoin

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The Fight for Coeducation

Coeducation in the 19th Century

Coeducation in the 19th Century
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“Bowdoin College - The New Education: President Chamberlain’s Inaugural Address” in Portland Weekly Advertiser, July 10, 1872

Listen to excerpts from the interview with President James Coles by Jim De Gallo, WBOR, March 2, 1965
Listen to excerpts of an interview with Smith, conducted by Stephanie Bond ‘13.

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