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

Doris Betts Distinguished Professorship, 1998
Document with photographs of Distinguished Professorships, showing Doris Betts as only female professor.

Dr. Gillian Cell, former Professor of History and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC, from an oral history conducted in 2007
Dr. Gillian Cell, former Professor of History and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC, discusses her experiences as a professor. Voiced by Julia Gibson with Gwendolyn Schwinke as interviewer

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.

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.

Durham Herald Sun Clipping about Susan Akers, 1933
August 20, 1933 newspaper clippings Akers kept about herself. First woman dean at UNC. Durham paper.

Durham Herald-Sun photograph of food service workers strike, 1969
Black and white photographs of striking food service workers and student supporters in 1969.December 2, 1969 photographer Jim Sparks for Durham Herald-Sun.

Editorial in the Daily Tar Heel, February 25, 1967,  "Birth control pill should go to coed’s wanting it"
Editorial in the Daily Tar Heel, February 25, 1967, "Birth control pill should go to coed’s wanting it." Performed by Vivienne Benesch.

Editorial, WOMEN STUDENTS NOT WANTED HERE, The Tar Heel, 1923
Editorial published in the campus newspaper, The Tar Heel, March 14, 1923, titled WOMEN STUDENTS NOT WANTED HERE. Voiced by Zach Eanes

Elephants and Butterflies...and contraceptives, 1971.
Colorful cover of 1970s sexual health pamphlet.

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…

Fear Map of sexual assault on campus, 1989
Fear Map of sexual assault on campus from 1989 thesis by Karen Frances Falconer.

Female Liberation #27 demands, 1970
2-page typed list of demands for UNC from Female Liberation #27.

Feminary : a feminist journal for the South emphasizing the lesbian vision, 1974
Opening of Feminary : a feminist journal for the South emphasizing the lesbian vision to a cover of Volume 5 #22, November 10, 1974 with an 1855 poem by Lucy Stone.

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.

Gwendolyn Harrison Housing Card
This is a small 3x5 housing card for the first Black woman admitted as student, Gwendolyn Harrison.

Gwendolyn Harrison letter to the editor, Summer, 1951
Gwendolyn Harrison, the first African American woman to enroll at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wrote this letter to the editor after being accepted into UNC but refused registration Summer, 1951. Voiced by Kathy Williams

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

Help Map for health services, 1973
Front and back of large fold-out help map for student health services.

Interview with Edith Hubbard, enrolled in 1965 as a junior and returned in 1969 for graduate school
Interview with Edith Hubbard, enrolled in 1965 as a junior and returned in 1969 for graduate school, describing her experience as a Black female graduate student in 1969. Voiced by Aubree Dixon

Interview with Patricia Ricks, class of 1971, from an oral history conducted in 2016
Interview with Patricia Ricks, class of 1971, from an oral history conducted in 2016 describing her experience as a Black female student. Performed by Kathy Williams.

Interview with Sherdenia Dunn, class of 1967
Interview with Sherdenia Dunn, class of 1967, describing her experience in an integrated school and the Valkyrie honor society. Performed by Omolade Wey.

Intramural sports photographs, 1950s-1970s
1950s-1970s, various intramural sports. 1. Corec bowling: https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0031/#bw120rollfilm_35018#1 (note photographer is SCOTT RAMSEY) 2. 1959 tennis is in Print Box 096 Black and White 8x10 Photographic Print P0031/50364 -…

Lambda announcement of CGLA, 1985
Lambda periodical announces the Carolina Gay Association will change name to Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association. February-March 1985.

Letter from Jamie Ellis to Chancellor about women's studies curriculum, 1974
Letter from student Jamie Ellis to Chancellor Nelson Ferebee Taylor, November 18, 1974 about women's studies curriculum.

Letter from UNC alumnae asking for Woman's Building, 1923
Onion skin letter to UNC President from women alums asking for a Woman's Building in 1923.
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