Yale History

"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."

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

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

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

A few alumnae worth remembering.

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