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1970
Boston College becomes fully coeducational.
White, April. “Celebrating 50 Years of Coeducation.” Boston College Magazine, 2021. https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-magazine/summer-2021/features/celebrating-coeducation.html.
1971
The first two women ever, Patricia Goler and Mary Lai, are appointed to the Board of Trustees.
“Boston College.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 26, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_College.
1975
Peg Dwyer is appointed as the college's first female vice president.
“The Monan Years.” Boston College, March 18, 2017. https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/campus-community/announcements/the-monan-years.html.
1975
Newton College of the Sacred Heart, a women's college merged into Boston College, the incoming freshman class has more men than women for the first time ever.
White, April. “Celebrating 50 Years of Coeducation.” Boston College Magazine, 2021. https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-magazine/summer-2021/features/celebrating-coeducation.html.
Boston College, one of the most well-known and prestigious colleges in Boston, was not fully coeducational until 1970, which lead to many more firsts for women during this decade.
Boston College Fact Book 1971
Office of Institutional Research and Planning, “Boston College Fact Book” (1971), 20
Breakdown of academic faculty by rank and sex
Breakdown of academic faculty by rank and sex
This chart shows the breakdown by both rank and sex of academic faculty at Boston College in 1971.
There were more than three times the amount of male professors than female.
Breakdown of academic faculty by school and sex
Breakdown of academic faculty by school and sex
This chart shows the breakdown by school and sex of academic faculty at Boston College in 1971.
Two of the school had no female professors at all and the only one that had more female than male professors was the nursing department, a typically female dominated area
Office of Institutional Research and Planning, “Boston College Fact Book” (1971), 19
Office of Institutional Research and Planning, “Boston College Fact Book” (1971), 58
Breakdown of headcount by sex
Breakdown of headcount by sex
Although not related to professors, this table shows the breakdown of gender of the student enrollment at Boston College
Similarly to the breakdown of staff by gender, there are almost double the amount of female staff than male
You can check out the entire fact book here: Boston College Fact Book 1971
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