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When Dr. Martha Rampton arrived on 91±¬ÁÏ’s campus as a history professor in 1994, female professors still were sometimes treated like secretaries, being asked, for example, to fetch coffee for their male colleagues. A year later, 91±¬ÁÏ had its first Feminist Studies program.

This Women's History Month we have been highlighting important 91±¬ÁÏ women in our history. This week, we look back to Ladies Hall, later named Herrick Hall, and how it provided more women with the opportunity to attend 91±¬ÁÏ. 

Martha Rampton originally published this piece online in conjunction with the Fall 2008 issue of 91±¬ÁÏ magazine.