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Coeducation at Lehigh: History of Women at Lehigh University

Women of Lehigh

Lehigh Prepares to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of the First Co-ed Class - by Jamie Fischer, The Brown and White, April 21, 2021.

Timelines of History of Women at Lehigh University

Timeline up to 2006. Compiled and edited by Kelli Oliver.

Timeline published in the 25th Anniversary Gala brochure, 1996.

40 Years of Women at Lehigh

 

The First Four Film

"The First Four" the movie is about the first four women hired as professors in Lehigh's English Department in 1972 and 1973. The film was made by students Nadia Sasso, Meghan Barwick, Laura Casale, and Liana Prodorutti; was supervised by Michael Kramp; and features Rosemarie Arbur, Barbara Traister, Rosemary Mundhenk, and Betsy Fifer.