{"id":2,"date":"2021-07-19T15:24:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-05-03T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:26:07","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Detailing the history of women at Bowdoin before and after the implementation of coeducation fifty years ago, this exhibition celebrates the accomplishments of Bowdoin women as they fought for their place at a previously established men&#8217;s college. Learn about the women who were here before 1971, the transition to coeducation, and the pioneers who led Bowdoin into a new era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/orient-men-color-1024x857.jpg\" alt=\"an Orient article called &quot;Men's College with Women&quot;\" data-id=\"439\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/orient-men-color.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/orient-men-color\/\" class=\"wp-image-439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/orient-men-color-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/orient-men-color-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/orient-men-color-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/orient-men-color.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Fifty Years of Coeducation<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/7088-SocietyofBowdoinWomen-1953-1.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of the Society of Bowdoin Women with three women seated in the front row and six women standing in the back row\" data-id=\"120\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/7088-SocietyofBowdoinWomen-1953-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/sample-page\/7088-societyofbowdoinwomen-1953-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/7088-SocietyofBowdoinWomen-1953-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/7088-SocietyofBowdoinWomen-1953-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/7088-SocietyofBowdoinWomen-1953-1-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Before They Were Students<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"434\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/Case-3-saddie-smith-bowdoin-75-2.jpg\" alt=\"Saddie Smith, one of the first Black women to graduate from Bowdoin, depicted in the student yearbook from 1975\" data-id=\"122\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/Case-3-saddie-smith-bowdoin-75-2.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/sample-page\/case-3-saddie-smith-bowdoin-75-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/Case-3-saddie-smith-bowdoin-75-2.jpg 622w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/Case-3-saddie-smith-bowdoin-75-2-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>The Fight for Coeducation<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"534\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/2-the-root-cropped-1.jpg\" alt=\"The front cover of the student publication To the Root feminist issue\" data-id=\"151\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/2-the-root-cropped-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/sample-page\/2-the-root-cropped-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/2-the-root-cropped-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/2-the-root-cropped-1-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Student Leadership<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/nb74-11-5-17-Riley-1974.jpg\" alt=\"Matilda White Riley teaches a sociology seminar\" data-id=\"123\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/nb74-11-5-17-Riley-1974.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/sample-page\/nb74-11-5-17-riley-1974\/\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/nb74-11-5-17-Riley-1974.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/nb74-11-5-17-Riley-1974-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/nb74-11-5-17-Riley-1974-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Academics, Faculty, and Staff<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"420\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/Orient1970-BarredfromInfirmary-2.jpg\" alt=\"An Orient Article entitled &quot;Co-eds Barred from Infirmary&quot;\" data-id=\"141\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/Orient1970-BarredfromInfirmary-2.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/sample-page\/orient1970-barredfrominfirmary-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/Orient1970-BarredfromInfirmary-2.jpg 452w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/07\/Orient1970-BarredfromInfirmary-2-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Unforeseen Challenges<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"792\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/LivedNameInitiative-Poster-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"a poster for the Lived Name initiative\" data-id=\"318\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/LivedNameInitiative-Poster-cropped.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/livednameinitiative-poster-cropped\/\" class=\"wp-image-318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/LivedNameInitiative-Poster-cropped.jpg 875w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/LivedNameInitiative-Poster-cropped-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/LivedNameInitiative-Poster-cropped-768x695.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Gender Inclusivity Movements<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"378\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/50-years-small-e1628629887774-1024x378.jpg\" alt=\"a timeline\" data-id=\"503\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/50-years-small-e1628630043976.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/women-at-bowdoin\/fifty_years_of_women_exhibit_library_timeline_2021_3-indd-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-503\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Timeline<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>A Note on Sources: <\/strong>The materials in Bowdoin\u2019s historical collections routinely reflect dominant perspectives due to historical collecting practices. It is the work of scholars, librarians, and archivists to build representative collections and to read through the absences to build a broader understanding of our history. Documents from the College Archives reflect the fact that Bowdoin College was an all-men institution until 1971 with predominately white students, faculty, and administration.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This exhibition draws on the rare book, manuscript, and archival collections of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/library.bowdoin.edu\/arch\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections &amp; Archives, Bowdoin College Library<\/a> and was curated by Special Collections &amp; Archives Curatorial Intern, Katie Reid &#8217;23 and <em>Marieke Van Der Steenhoven, Special Collections Education and Outreach Librarian<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detailing the history of women at Bowdoin before and after the implementation of coeducation fifty years ago, this exhibition celebrates the accomplishments of Bowdoin women as they fought for their place at a previously established men&#8217;s college. 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