Women in the Orient
Throughout the 1971 fall semester, the Bowdoin student newspaper was full of reports on the historic nature of the semester. In this issue, the front page includes articles about federal admissions regulations, dormitory violations, and a celebration of a Black, woman professor.
Historian Lou Emma Holloway (Tougaloo College) was invited to Bowdoin as a visiting professor through the Tallman Lecture Fund, which was established in 1928. Tallman scholars were chosen by faculty and deliverd a series of lectures at Bowdoin. Holloway studied Black education, and her class at Bowdoin discussed W.E.B. Du Bois’s concept of “Black Reconstruction.” Holloway was the first Black woman to teach at Bowdoin and was highly requested by students.
The Orient, October 8, 1971