{"id":4,"date":"2011-11-28T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2017-09-15T00:17:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T00:17:12","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1376\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1376\" title=\"Harriet Beecher Stowe\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/harriet-beecher-stowe.jpg\" alt=\"Harriet Beecher Stowe\" width=\"140\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/harriet-beecher-stowe.jpg 140w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/harriet-beecher-stowe-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harriet Beecher Stowe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>1850-51<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose husband Calvin (Bowdoin &#8217;24) is a professor of theology at the College, writes <em>Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin<\/em> in Appleton Hall and in her home on Federal Street\u2014 and shares the unpublished manuscript with Bowdoin students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1871<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Joshua Chamberlain's Inaugural Address\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/joshua-chamberlains-inaugural-address\/\">Bowdoin President Joshua Chamberlain, in his inaugural address, asserts that\u00a0Bowdoin should become a coeducational institution<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-416\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-416\" title=\"Bowdoin President Joshua Chamberlain\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/joshua-chamberlain-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bowdoin President Joshua Chamberlain\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/joshua-chamberlain-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/joshua-chamberlain-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/joshua-chamberlain.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bowdoin President Joshua Chamberlain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>1876<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The Summer School of Science\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/the-summer-school-of-science\/\">Bowdoin&#8217;s Summer Science Institute includes eleven women among twenty-seven students<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1901<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Bowdoin grants 1<sup>st<\/sup> honorary degree to a woman, Maine novelist and short story writer Sarah Orne Jewett. The College would grant honorary degrees to twenty-two additional women before coeducation would be established<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1352\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Society of Bowdoin Women Constitution\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/society-of-bowdoin-women-constitution\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1352\" title=\"1922- The Society of Bowdoin Women Established\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/society-of-bowdoin-women-constitution.jpeg\" alt=\"1922- The Society of Bowdoin Women Established\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/society-of-bowdoin-women-constitution.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/society-of-bowdoin-women-constitution-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1922- The Society of Bowdoin Women Established<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>1922<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Society of Bowdoin Women founded<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/society-of-bowdoin-women-constitution\/\">Constitution<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/society-of-bowdoin-women-kate-douglas-wiggin-room\/\">Kate Douglas Wiggin Room in 1968 and 2011<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Interview with Mary Lou Sprague, Society of Bowdoin Women, by Samantha Copland \u201914\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/mary-lou-sprague-society-of-bowdoin-women\/\">Interview with Mary Lou Sprague, Society of Bowdoin Women, by Samantha Copland \u201914<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1943<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Marion C. Holmes, wife of Bowdoin math professor Cecil T. Holmes, hired as instructor of mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Y. Yeaton and Marguerite D. Little hired to teach meteorology in specialized military training program offered at Bowdoin during World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1969<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Report To the President and Trustees and to the Overseers of Bowdoin College (The Pierce Report)\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/the-pierce-report\/\">The Report of the Study Committee on Campus Environment (Pierce Report) recommends coeducation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Exchange Students at Bowdoin for Fall Semester 1969-1970\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/the-twelve-college-exchange-list-of-women\/\">The first women students arrive on campus via the 12 College Exchange Program.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1355\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"In Father\u2019s Footsteps \u2013 Sue Jacobson and President Howell\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/photo-of-sue-jacobson-and-president-howell\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1355\" title=\"1971 - Susan Jacobson is the first woman to graduate from Bowdoin\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/photo-of-sue-jacobson-and-president-howell.jpeg\" alt=\"1971 - Susan Jacobson is the first woman to graduate from Bowdoin\" width=\"140\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1971 &#8211; Susan Jacobson is the first woman to graduate from Bowdoin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>1971<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Jacobson, a transfer student, is the first woman to graduate from Bowdoin<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0<a title=\"In Father\u2019s Footsteps \u2013 Sue Jacobson and President Howell\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/photo-of-sue-jacobson-and-president-howell\/\">In Father&#8217;s Footsteps &#8211; Sue Jacobson and President Howell<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0<a title=\"Susan Jacobson Orient Article\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/susan-jacobson-orient-article\/\">Orient: Bowdoin Graduates Its First Woman Student<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0<a title=\"Susan Jacobson\u2019s Commencement Address\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/susan-jacobsons-commencement-address\/\">Susan Jacobson&#8217;s Commencement Address<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bowdoin matriculates first coeducational class, with 65 first-year women and nearly 70 exchange and transfer women in attendance<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0<a title=\"First applicants with Dick Moll and First Proctor Belinda Bothwick\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/image-of-first-applicants-with-dick-moll\/\">First applicants with Dick Moll<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0<a title=\"Orient: Men\u2019s College with Women\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/orient-mens-college-with-women\/\">Orient: Men\u2019s College with Women<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0<a title=\"Interview with Richard Moll, Head of Admissions, by Samuel Shapiro \u201914\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/richard-moll-interview\/\">Interview with Richard Moll, Head of Admissions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"First applicants with Dick Moll and First Proctor Belinda Bothwick\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/image-of-first-applicants-with-dick-moll\/\">Belinda Bothwick becomes first woman student to serve as residence hall proctor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bowdoin hosts first women&#8217;s sports event, a field hockey game with coach Sally LaPointe<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0<a title=\"Orient: Bear Broads Bow\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/athletics\/orient-bear-broads-bow\/\">Orient: Bear Broads Bow<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0<a title=\"Athletic Team Photographs in the Bugle\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/athletics\/team-photographs\/\">Athletic Team Photographs in the Bugle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1350\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/extracurricular-activities\/1975-funding-request-and-constitution-for-the-bowdoin-womens-association\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1350\" title=\"1972 - Bowdoin Women's Association founded\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/bowdoin-womens-association-handbook.jpeg\" alt=\"1972 - Bowdoin Women's Association founded\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/bowdoin-womens-association-handbook.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/bowdoin-womens-association-handbook-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1972 &#8211; Bowdoin Women&#8217;s Association founded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>1972<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"1975 Funding Request and Constitution for the Bowdoin Women\u2019s Association\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/extracurricular-activities\/1975-funding-request-and-constitution-for-the-bowdoin-womens-association\/\">Bowdoin Women&#8217;s Association (BWA) founded<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Patricia &#8220;Barney&#8221; Geller becomes president of Psi Upsilon fraternity<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0<a title=\"Social Life and Sexuality Focus Group\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/social-life-and-sexuality-in-early-bowdoin-coeducation-focus-group\/\">Social Life and Sexuality Focus Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Coeducational Housing Arrives at Bowdoin\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/coeducational-housing-arrives-at-bowdoin\/\">1<sup>st<\/sup> coeducational housing opens on campus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Interview with Professor Helen Cafferty by K. Skyler Walley \u201912\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/interview-professor-helen-cafferty\/\">Bowdoin hires Helen Cafferty as the first female faculty member to go through the ranks (asst. assoc. full professor) at the College<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1973<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-529\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-529\" title=\"Matilda Riley\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/matilda-white-riley.jpg\" alt=\"Matilda Riley\" width=\"140\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/matilda-white-riley.jpg 140w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/matilda-white-riley-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matilda Riley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Matilda Riley, hired as full professor in department of sociology, becomes first female full professor on campus<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Interview with Rosalyne Spindel Bernstein, Bowdoin Overeer, by Anna Wright \u201912\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/interview-roz-bernstein-bowdoin-overseer\/\">Roz Bernstein becomes first woman elected to Board of Overseers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1975<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduation of first class of women who completed four years at the College<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0 <a title=\"Alumni Magazine Excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/alumni-magazine-excerpt\/\">Alumni Magazine Excerpt<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0 <a title=\"Deborah Mann Speaks at 1975 Commencement Ceremony\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/process-of-coeducation\/deborah-manns-commencement-speech\/\">Deborah Mann Speaks at 1975 Commencement Ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1977<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>First women&#8217;s studies course offered, through German department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1348\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1348\" title=\"Women's Resource Center at Bowdoin\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/the-womens-resource-center.jpeg\" alt=\"Women's Resource Center at Bowdoin\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/the-womens-resource-center.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/the-womens-resource-center-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women&#8217;s Resource Center at Bowdoin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>1980<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Women&#8217;s Resource Center opens at 24 College Street<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0 <a title=\"Bowdoin Alumnus Magazine: A Women\u2019s Resource Center\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/womens-resource-center\/bowdoin-alumnus-magazine-a-womens-resource-center\/\">Bowdoin Alumnus Magazine: A Women\u2019s Resource Center<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0 <a title=\"Interview with Linda Nelson \u201983, by Coral Sandler \u201912\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/social-life-and-fraternities\/interview-with-linda-nelson-83\/\">Interview with Linda Nelson \u201983<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a0 <a title=\"Women\u2019s Resource Center Focus Group\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/social-life-and-fraternities\/womens-resource-center-focus-group\/\">Women\u2019s Resource Center Focus Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gay Straight Alliance, which had been founded in 1979, receives its charter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1983<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Alpha Beta Phi Sorority Page\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/social-life-and-fraternities\/alpha-beta-phi-sorority-page\/\">Bowdoin&#8217;s first and only all-women&#8217;s fraternity, Alpha Beta Phi, is founded<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1985<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-527\" title=\"Joan Benoit '79 was a senior at the College when, wearing a Bowdoin singlet and a Red Sox cap, she crossed the finish line, winning the 1979 Boston Marathon in what was then a women's course-record of 2:35:15.\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/joan-benoit.jpg\" alt=\"Joan Benoit '79 was a senior at the College when, wearing a Bowdoin singlet and a Red Sox cap, she crossed the finish line, winning the 1979 Boston Marathon in what was then a women's course-record of 2:35:15.\" width=\"140\" height=\"177\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joan Benoit Samuelson\u00a0&#8217;79 was a senior at the College when, wearing a Bowdoin singlet and a Red Sox cap, she crossed the finish line, winning the 1979 Boston Marathon in what was then a women&#8217;s course-record of 2:35:15.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Joan Benoit Samuelson (Bowdoin &#8217;79) recipient of first and only Bowdoin Prize awarded to a woman since the prize&#8217;s inception in 1933<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1988<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Minor in Women&#8217;s Studies established<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1992<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Major in Women&#8217;s Studies established<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1994<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bowdoin Alumni Council votes unanimously to adopt Anthony Antolini&#8217;s (Bowdoin &#8217;63) revisions to the alma mater. The song&#8217;s new, gender neutral title, &#8220;Raise Songs to Bowdoin,&#8221; replaces &#8220;Rise Sons of Bowdoin,&#8221; and its new lyrics replace &#8220;the nurturer of men&#8221; with &#8220;our nurturer and friend&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1997<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Fraternities phased out, in part because of their incompatibility with coeducation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1346\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/jennifer-scanlon-bowdoin-college.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1346\" title=\"2002 - Professors Kristen Ghodsee and Jennifer Scanlon hired\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/jennifer-scanlon-bowdoin-college.jpg\" alt=\"2002 - Professors Kristen Ghodsee and Jennifer Scanlon hired\" width=\"140\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2002 &#8211; Professors Kristen Ghodsee and Jennifer Scanlon hired<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>2002<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Professors Kristen Ghodsee and Jennifer Scanlon hired as first faculty members appointed full-time Women&#8217;s Studies Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2005<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Women&#8217;s Studies Program changes name to Gender and Women&#8217;s Studies Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1357\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1357\" title=\"2007 - Women's Field Hockey team 1st Bowdoin team to win NCAA National Championship\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/bowdoin-field-hockey-2007.jpg\" alt=\"2007 - Women's Field Hockey team 1st Bowdoin team to win NCAA National Championship\" width=\"140\" height=\"94\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2007 &#8211; Women&#8217;s Field Hockey team 1st Bowdoin team to win NCAA National Championship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2007<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Women&#8217;s Field Hockey team 1<sup>st<\/sup> Bowdoin team to win NCAA National Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2010<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Gender neutral housing option implemented<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1364\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1364\" title=\"The Historians of GWS 280 - Fall 2011\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/11\/gws-280-historians-bowdoin.jpg\" alt=\"The Historians of GWS 280 - Fall 2011\" width=\"140\" height=\"93\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Historians of GWS 280 &#8211; Fall 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>2011<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Bowdoin celebrates 40 years of coeducation with a host of speakers, concerts, and events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1850-51 Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose husband Calvin (Bowdoin &#8217;24) is a professor of theology at the College, writes Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin in Appleton Hall and in her home on Federal Street\u2014 and shares the unpublished manuscript with Bowdoin students 1871 Bowdoin President Joshua Chamberlain, in his inaugural address, asserts that\u00a0Bowdoin should become a coeducational institution. 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