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On the Same Terms: Documenting the Lives of Northwestern Women

“On the Same Terms” is an exhibition and blog series dedicated to this academic year’s commemoration of the 150-year anniversary of the admission of women to...
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On the Same Terms: Housing Northwestern’s Women, 1872-1993

“On the Same Terms” is an exhibition and blog series dedicated to this academic year’s commemoration of the 150-year anniversary of the admission of women to...
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On the Same Terms: Women library leaders at Northwestern

“On the Same Terms” is an exhibition and blog series dedicated to this academic year’s commemoration of the 150-year anniversary of the admission of women to...
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“On the Same Terms”: Women’s Self-Governance, 1906-1969

“On the Same Terms” is an exhibition and blog series dedicated to this academic year’s commemoration of the 150-year anniversary of the admission of women to...
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“On the Same Terms”: Women’s Professions and the Chicago Campus

When Northwestern decided to add training in the “professions” (medicine and law) to its original liberal arts curriculum, it did so by affiliating with...
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From the Monster on the Knoll to the Library of the Future

On January 19, 1970, a new chapter began in Northwestern’s history: the opening of the new University Library building. Today and tomorrow we look...
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Who’d ‘a Thought It! From Radio to Stage with “Clara, Lu ‘n’ Em”

On Dec 3, 2019, a new black-box theater space in Northwestern’s Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts was dedicated. The new theater’s dedication coincides...
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“On the Same Terms”: Women and Academics at Northwestern

As we begin to see the light at the end of the first-quarter tunnel, and to prepare for Winter Quarter classes, let’s take a ...
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150 Years of Women at Northwestern: A year of commemoration begins

In preparation for Commencement Day, a platform is set up in a shady grove on the campus grounds; sunlight shimmers on the lake in...
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