"First Women" of Yale Celebrated in Stone

Vera Wells writes:

I had the honor of unveiling the commemorative Threshold Stone at the entrance of Phelps Gateway on Old Campus, in celebration of being one of the “First Women” at Yale College in September 1969.

Also pictured:  (center) Eve Hart Rice’73, Chair of 50th Anniversary of Women at Yale College Committee and Co-Chair of 50WAY150 Steering Committee and (right) Carol Whitehead’72.

For more on this event, see https://news.yale.edu/2019/09/23/yale-colleges-first-women-gather-campus-weekend-events.

UPDATE:  For a terrific summary of events from 1971’s own Shelley Fisher Fishkin, see this article from MS.

Photo by Andrea DaRif ’73.

Thanks from all of us, Vera, for representing the Class of 1971 at this milestone event!