RFC: Because I'm Unaware & Confused

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Earlier, I was reading an article about Peace College and was hit with some new information about the history of female education, something that not only have I never heard before, but after several hours of online research and an email exchange; I still haven't found anything beyond that which was in the original piece

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When I was quoting the article last night, I inadvertently left off two paragraphs;Just as certain social forces had shaped Peace's early years, others have forced the college to change.

In the late 1960s and 1970s, many of the nation's Ivy League and other universities relaxed their gender-based admissions practices. Female undergraduates applied to coed institutions in greater numbers and today outnumber undergraduate men at many schools.
Most everything in the article makes me believe that this was a wider phenomenon, plus though it may not seem that way to outsiders and those not versed in regional history, but with the exception of a few pockets mostly downeast, North Carolina could be called a reluctant member of the South.

The coalition's credits NC's "Salem Academy" of being the first women's college. UNC was the nation's first public university and during this timeframe, the Chancellor of the flagship school in Chapel Hill was Frank Porter Graham. I've always considered him one of my heroes and he's an identified inspiration to some of my favorite progressive politicians. I'm pretty sure that I've mentioned him before in this blog and one of the books written about him was titled; Frank Porter Graham: A Southern Liberal. While it's true that he was only the Chancellor of one school, I'm thinking that he might've made some noise.

I just reposted this query with the added paragraphs to feminist and almost immediately, I got a response from a person who has taken a class on UNC history and they've said that they'd dig out their textbook. If and when I get a more definitive answer, I'll certainly post it in this space.

Thanks

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PS) To make reference easier and for the historical record; Here's a link to the community post.