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  • Collection: Climbing the Hill: Women in the History of UNC

Photograph of a student from the 1978 Yackety Yack yearbook
Photograph of a student from the 1978 Yackety Yack yearbook

Association of Women Students members
Association of Women Students members from the 1970 Yackety Yack yearbook

Photograph of women students, 1969 Yackety Yack yearbook
Photograph of women students, 1969 Yackety Yack yearbook

Rhonda Hubbard Beatty, Edith Hubbard, and Nicole Beatty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Rhonda Hubbard Beatty, Edith Hubbard, and Nicole Beatty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Gwendolyn Harrison, 1951.
Gwendolyn Harrison, 1951.Harrison was on the faculty at Johnson C. Smith when she applied to UNC.

Yackety yack yearbook page,  1925
Two pages from the Yackety Yack 1925 yearbook depicting four women students.

The Co-Ed drawing
Drawing by Miss Cantie Venable, art, New York, New York

"The Secret of Student Congress,"  student publication The Siren, 2010
"The Secret of Student Congress," student publication The Siren, 2010 , discusses the lack of diversity in student congress. Performed by Katia Carmichael and Sergio Ang.

"Don’t be afraid to look good, ladies," Justin Chandler Wilcox, Daily Tar Heel, September 17, 2009
"Don’t be afraid to look good, ladies," Justin Chandler Wilcox, Daily Tar Heel, September 17, 2009. Performed by Jeff Cornell.

"Change needed for equality at the University," Daily Tar Heel editorial, October 12, 2004
"Change needed for equality at the University," Daily Tar Heel editorial, October 12, 2004. Performed by Katia Carmichael.

News article from the Daily Tar Heel, UNC Women March for Empowerment, November 10, 1994, Annual ‘Take Back the Night’ March Highlight of Rape Awareness Week
News article from the Daily Tar Heel, UNC Women March for Empowerment, November 10, 1994, Annual ‘Take Back the Night’ March Highlight of Rape Awareness Week. Performed by Aubree Dixon, Katia Carmichael, and Lauren Ragsdale.

Excerpts from "Perception of campus landscapes and fear of sexual assault : effects on female undergraduate travel behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,"  Karen Frances Falconer, thesis, 1989.
Excerpts from "Perception of campus landscapes and fear of sexual assault : effects on female undergraduate travel behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill," Karen Frances Falconer, thesis, 1989. Performed by Aubree Dixon, Lauren…

“UNC Black Women,”  a story from the campus feminist magazine She, April 1978
“UNC Black Women,” a story from the campus feminist magazine She, April 1978. Performed by AhDream Smith, Aubree Dixon, and Omolade Wey.

Dr. Guion Griffis Johnson, former Professor of History at UNC, from on oral history conducted in 1974
Dr. Guion Griffis Johnson, former Professor of History at UNC, discusses her experience teaching in 1943 from on oral history conducted in 1974. Performed by Julia Gibson.

Notes for Your First Year:  A Handbook for Women, Fall 1971
Notes for Your First Year: A Handbook for Women, Fall 1971. Voiced by Vivienne Benesch.

"Shuffling through the Halls of Academe circa 1921," A Handbook for Women, Fall 1971
"Shuffling through the Halls of Academe circa 1921," A Handbook for Women, Fall 1971. Performed by Gwendolyn Schwinke.

Frances Hogan, former Director of Women’s Athletics at UNC, from an oral history conducted in 1991
Frances Hogan, former Director of Women’s Athletics at UNC, from an oral history conducted in 1991. Performed by Kathy Williams.

"Survival Notes:  Dangerous People Loose on Campus," A Handbook for Women, Fall 1971
"Survival Notes: Dangerous People Loose on Campus," A Handbook for Women, Fall 1971. Performed by Elizabeth Corley Megel.

Demands of student group, “Female Liberation, No. 27”, circa 1970
Demands of student group “Female Liberation, No. 27”, circa 1970. Performed by Katia Carmichael, Lauren Ragsdale, and Aubree Dixon.

Dr. Margaret O’Connor, former Professor of English at UNC, from an oral history conducted in 1987.
Dr. Margaret O’Connor, former Professor of English at UNC, from an oral history conducted in 1987. Performed by Aubrey Snowden, with Gwendolyn Schwinke as interviewer.

"With the Women," Column by Nancy Smith, Daily Tar Heel, March 1, 1969
Poem "With the Women," Column by Nancy Smith, Daily Tar Heel, March 1, 1969. Performed by Aubree Dixon.

Sondra Burford, enrolled in 1969, from 2016 oral history
Sondra Burford, enrolled in 1969, from 2016 oral history about her experience as a Black female student. Performed by Kathy Williams.

"Contraceptives Rules Justified," Letter to the Editor, Daily Tar Heel, March 13, 1969
"Contraceptives Rules Justified," Letter to the Editor, Daily Tar Heel, March 13, 1969. Performed by Kathy Williams.

Sharon Rose Powell, class of 1968, from a 1989 interview
Sharon Rose Powell, class of 1968, from a 1989 interview describing her experience as a Jewish female student. Performed by Elizabeth Corley Megel.

Sherdenia Thompson Dunn '67 (seated, second from left) and the officers of the Cosmopolitan Club, Yackety Yak yearbook 1967
Sherdenia Thompson Dunn '67 (seated, second from left) and the officers of the Cosmopolitan Club, Yackety Yak yearbook 1967
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