"Redefining Old Nassau: Women and the Shaping of Modern Princeton," a Mudd Manuscript Library exhibition

Exhibition curator Michelle Peralta measures materials from the University Archives for the exhibition.
Photo by Mudd Manuscript Library staff, Princeton University Library

From the University Archives, Princeton University Library
Maria Katzenbach, Princeton University, Class of 1976
With Princeton University's 50th anniversary of undergraduate coeducation on the horizon, a new exhibition highlighting the contributions, stories, and achievements of women at Princeton is now on view at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Drawing from Princeton University Library's University Archives, the exhibition, entitled "Redefining Old Nassau: Women and the Shaping of Modern Princeton" will be on display in Mudd Library's Wiess Lounge through Spring 2019.
The last 50 years of undergraduate coeducation at the University have been defined by persistent activism and advocacy from students, faculty, and administrators. Initially influenced by the civil rights movements of the 1960s and the growing demands of equal educational opportunities, Princeton grappled with its centuries-long traditions and established identity as an elite academic university created and preserved for men.

From the University Archives, Princeton University Library
This exhibition not only celebrates Princeton women’s achievements, as well as their stories, but also provides insights into how women have pursued knowledge, claimed space, and supported one another over the past five decades.
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