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

Zora Neale Hurston illustration in Ruptures, 2017
Illustration of Zora Neale Hurston in Ruptures, a zine produced by FLOCK collective in 2017 about the fight for Hurston Hall.

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

Women's Handbook Quiz, 1954-55
The Woman's Handbook, 1954-55. Opening to quiz about clothing and general recommendations for proper socializing.

Women's Athletic Association handbook, 1963-1964
Women's Athletic Association pamphlet shaped like a measuring cup, 1963.

Women at a Cookout
Black and white photograph of women at a cookout, mid-20th century.

Unwed pregnant student policy, 1967
Confidential university memo regarding unwed pregnant students entitled "The University Procedure in Regard to the Pregnancy of an Unwed Student" 

Unwanted pregnancy illustration in the Sex Scene, 1975
Opening of The sex scene : understanding sexualityto an illustration about unwanted pregnancies.

University Woman's Club programs, 1960s
1960s programs from the University Woman's Club with decorative covers.

UNC Dance Cards, 1880s
1880s… two (2) dance cards - including pencils, color, handwriting

UNC cheerleader's uniform, 1969
Uniform from UNC cheerleader, 1969

True and False Fashion Quiz, Women’s Handbook, 1954-1955
True and False Fashion Quiz, Women’s Handbook, 1954-1955, for female students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Voiced by Kathy Williams, Julia Gibson, Vivienne Benesch

Theta Nu Xi sorority flier, 2006
Flier for Theta Nu Xi sorority, 2006.

The Co-Ed, a poem by student Harvey Hatcher Hughes, Yackety Yack yearbook,  1906
The poem The Co-Ed, written by student Harvey Hatcher Hughes for the 1906 Yackety Yak yearbook, describes a woman student walking across campus. Performed by Jeff Cornell

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

Tar Heel newspaper announcement of Phi Beta Phi, 1923
Oct 1923 - newspaper "University now has chapter of Pi Beta Phi"

Students Protest Stone's Tenure Denial
3x5 black and white photograph of students protesting Sonja Haynes Stone's tenure denial, 1980.

Student & faculty support striking food service workers, 1969
Two documents written by UNC students and faculty to support Food Service Workers Strike in 1969.

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.

So you're coming to a Carolina dance.
1930s-40s. Recommendations to coeds for proper dance/social behavior - from Order of the Grail, German Club.

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

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.

Sallie Walker Stockard's diploma
Sallie Walker Stockard's diploma. 1898 first woman to graduate from UNC Chapel Hill.

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.
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