As the tumultuous decade of the 1960s ended, a number of very traditional, very conservative, highly prestigious colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom decided to go coed, seemingly all at once, in a remarkably brief span of time.
As one alumnus put it in a letter to his alma mater, "Keep the Damned Women out." Focusing on the complexities of institutional decision making, this book tells the story of this momentous era in.
Coeducation met with fierce resistance.
As the tumultuous decade of the 1960s ended, a number of very traditional, very conservative, highly prestigious colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom decided to go coed, seemingly all at once, in a remarkably brief span of time
