Scholar, teacher, writer: Marie Borroff 1923-2019

In excerpts from the new book Yale Needs Women, stories of two pioneers: Shirley Daniels '72 and Lawrie Mifflin '73.

How—and when—the proportion of women in Yale College reached 50 percent.

We asked some of the 500 women who entered Yale in 1969 to tell us what they remember: the good and the bad.

Former university secretary Sam Chauncey '57 recalls the bumps on the path to coeducation.

"With opportunity came responsibility—the responsibility to excel, lest other women not be allowed to follow in my footsteps."

"The quarterback of the Yale football team, Matt Jordan, knew how to diaper a baby. It helps when you are the oldest of six children."

"One professor stated that I . . . would not know about bridge building, since I had never had an Erector Set."

"The first week was filled with lots of upperclassmen coming to try to sign us up for the laundry service, and who knows what else—but mostly just eager to look us over."

“I was taken aback to see policemen throwing tear gas canisters over the Vanderbilt gate into the courtyard of our dormitory.”

“In my most difficult year, despite all of Yale’s resources, I was mostly on my own.”

On the 50th anniversary of undergraduate coeducation, we hear from some of the first women about their experience.

A few alumnae worth remembering.

Koi Anunta '00 gave up medicine for trip-hop.

The only place it's safe to drive while distracted: a Yale simulator.

Miye Oni '20 is Yale's first NBA draftee in 32 years.

The West Campus: a river runs through it.