Yale Needs Women: The First Ivy League Girls and Their Fight for a Seat at the Head of the Class

by Anne Gardiner Perkins Narrated by Erin Bennett

Overview

In the summer of 1969, from big cities to small towns, young women across the country sent in applications to Yale University for the first time. The Ivy League institution dedicated to graduating "one thousand male leaders" each year had finally decided to open its doors to the nation's top female students. The landmark decision was a huge step forward for women's equality in education.

Or was it?

The experience the first undergraduate women found when they stepped onto Yale's imposing campus was not the same one their male peers enjoyed. Isolated from one another, singled out as oddities and sexual objects, and barred from many of the privileges an elite education was supposed to offer, many of the first girls found themselves immersed in an overwhelmingly male culture they were unprepared to face.

Yale Needs Women is the story of how these young women fought against the backward-leaning traditions of a centuries-old institution and created the opportunities that would carry them into the future. Anne Gardiner Perkins's unflinching account of a group of young women striving for change is an inspiring story of strength, resilience, and courage that continues to resonate today.

Editorial Reviews

OCTOBER 2019 - AudioFile

In 1969, Yale University first welcomed women undergraduates. Erin Bennett’s narration is an excellent companion to this account of the challenges these women faced amid this monumental change. Bennett’s voice is clear and precise, never wavering even as she describes the isolation, sexual harassment, flagrant injustices, and rampant sexism these women had to navigate in order to gain the prestigious Yale degree. Her engagement with the audiobook, especially the parts where she describes the women’s thoughts, adds authority to the material, creating a fascinating listening experience. An inspiring story about fighting longstanding backward traditions still resonates in today’s political climate. A.K.R. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2019 - AudioFile

In 1969, Yale University first welcomed women undergraduates. Erin Bennett’s narration is an excellent companion to this account of the challenges these women faced amid this monumental change. Bennett’s voice is clear and precise, never wavering even as she describes the isolation, sexual harassment, flagrant injustices, and rampant sexism these women had to navigate in order to gain the prestigious Yale degree. Her engagement with the audiobook, especially the parts where she describes the women’s thoughts, adds authority to the material, creating a fascinating listening experience. An inspiring story about fighting longstanding backward traditions still resonates in today’s political climate. A.K.R. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173528469
Publisher:	HighBridge Company
Publication date:	09/10/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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