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The admission of women to Yale College in 1969 promoted greater equality in university appointments. The selection of “first women” honored here represents over three centuries of women who have enriched Yale as provisioners, benefactors, students, alumni, educators, staff, and volunteers.
- In Her Words
- Making A difference: YaleNews Profiles of Women Alums
- From The Schools
- From The Museums & Libraries
- Class Day Speakers
- Women of Yale Lecture Series
- Yale Women, on The Record
- Virtual Summer Webinar Series 2020
- Virtual Fall Encore Webinar Series 2020
These short vignettes feature excerpts of interviews with Yale’s first undergraduate women - from the classes of 1971, 1972, and 1973 - supplemented by archival material. The interviews took place in 2018 - 2020 as part of the 50th anniversary Oral History Project. Deborah Bernick ‘72 Deborah Bernick ‘72 is a healthcare and biotech consultant based...
Between 2019 and 2020, YaleNews will feature a series of profiles about Yale women who are making a difference in the world. This series was created for the 50WomenAtYale150 initiative in celebration of women at Yale. Finding Happiness in Quarantine New York Times best-selling author Gretchen Rubin ’89, ’94 JD sat down with YaleNews to discuss ways...
In conjunction with the anniversaries, many of Yale’s schools created superb content: histories of their early women graduate, essays about women, special anniversary programming featuring current alums, and an array of exhibitions. You can find these contributions to the anniversaries on this page.
Yale’s museums and libraries have been enthusiastic contributors to 50WomenAtYale150 with a range of special exhibitions and events. Although the pandemic forced the cancellation of spring, summer, and most fall 2020 events, major exhibitions celebrating Yale women are still to come.
Class Day is a Yale College tradition dating to the 19th century that takes place on Old Campus on the Sunday before Commencement. In recent years, a number of notable Yale women have delivered the Class Day Address. Class Day 2020: Dr. Jean Bennett ‘76 Dr. Jean Bennett ’76, a pioneer in the field of gene therapy who has dedicated her career to res...
The Women of Yale Lecture Series, hosted by President Peter Salovey, showcased the accomplishments of women who graduated from the university - particularly women of color - and whose leadership reflects on the success of coeducation at Yale. Quiara Alegria Hudes ’99: Art and Disruption January 27, 2020 Yale University President Peter Salovey hoste...
The women of Yale return to campus often to share their wisdom and experiences with the Yale community. Here is a sampling of those rich discussions. A Conversation with Anne Wojcicki ’96, CEO & Co-founder, 23andMe October 8, 2020 23andMe CEO and co-founder Anne Wojcicki ’96 joined University President Peter Salovey for the Yale School of Managemen...
50WomenAtYale150 organized and co-sponsored a series of virtual events with the women of Yale during the summer of 2020, which you can find below. Click on each webinar title to view the replay. The Accidental Entrepreneur: A Chat with Melissa Biggs Bradley ‘89, CEO of Indagare July 8, 2020 50WomenAtYale150 hosted an exclusive conversation with Mel...
After the 150th Anniversary Symposium in September 2020, 50WomenAtYale150 organized and co-sponsored additional virtual events, which you can find below. To view the replay, click on the webinar title. The Way Forward October 1, 2020 Women’s Health Research at Yale conducted a lively discussion of how science drives discovery, how studying the biol...
Roxane Gay, writer and professor. Roberto S. Goizueta (B.A., 1976), professor of theology, Boston College. Daniel Harrison (Ph.D 1986), Chairman of Department of Music, Yale University. Lena Hill (Ph.D. 2005), professor of English and Africana studies, provost of Washington and Lee University.
But today, seven of the fourteen deans of the Yale schools are women. So are the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the heads of the two art galleries. The posts of general counsel, university vice president, vice president for fundraising, and many more are or have been held by women.
230 women decide to join Yale’s Class of 1973, including 26 of the 34 black women admitted. 358 women admitted as transfers accept, including 16 black women. The target rate of 540 women is exceeded by 48 women, which will cause a housing crunch – and also put more pressure on the University to facilitate coeducation
Women Arrive at Yale. The first university arts institution, the School of the Fine Arts, opened in 1869. It was the first Yale school open to women, who formed the majority of students in the school’s first four decades.
Aug 28, 2019 · Admitting women allowed Yale to tap into a deep intellectual resource that had been largely overlooked. Those first undergraduate women students, dubbed “superwomen” by the New York Times, outperformed men academically every semester in the first four years of coeducation.
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