Women's Undergraduate life, campus experience, organizations, and political movements

The Early Prytaneans  

Janet Ruyle, Assistant Director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at UC Berkeley,

Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998

The Prytaneans: An Oral History of the Prytanean Society, Its Members and their University, Five Volumes 1901-1920 to 1941-1945

Vol. 1 The Prytanean Alumnae Incorporated, 1970. Online access through Bancroft Library https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/297555?v=pdf

Vol. 2 Prepared in honor of the centennial anniversary of the University of California Volume II, 1921-30. Dewell, Peggy Orchison Editor; Prytanean Alumnae, Incorporated 1977. https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/297556?v=pdf

Vol. 3 Prepared in honor of the centennial anniversary of the University of California Volume III, 1931-1935. Gilmore, Adrienne Dewell Editor; Prytanean Alumnae, Incorporated 1990. https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/297557?v=pdf

Vol. 4 Prepared in honor of the centennial anniversary of the University of California Volume IV, 1936-1940. Ruyle, Janet H. Editor; Prytanean Alumnae, Incorporated 2006 https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/297558?v=pdf

Vol. 5 Prepared in honor of the centennial anniversary of the University of California Volume V, 1941-1945. Ruyle, Janet H. Editor; Prytanean Alumnae, Incorporated 2001 https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/297559?v=pdf

Catalyst for Change at Berkeley: The University Women’s Center

Sheila M. Humphreys, Director Emerita of Diversity, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley, Co-Chair 150w History Project. Originally published in Public Affairs Report, Vol. 22 (6) IGS, UCB December 1981

Girton Hall: The Gift of Julia Morgan

Margaretta J. Darnall, A Berkeley Graduate in Architecture, Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998

Ida Louise Jackson, Class of ’22

Roberta J. Park, Professor of Integrative Biology, Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998

The Fighting spirit of Ida Louise Jackson

Deborah Qu, Research assistant at the Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library, 2020

As I Walk these Paths: Honoring the Unheralded Courage of the African American Women Pioneers of the University of California, Berkeley

Gia White, Administrative Director, Global, International, & Area Studies/IES, University of California, Berkeley

Black Women Matter: Recognizing the Legacies of Black Women at Cal Sheila M. Humphreys, Director Emerita of Diversity, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley, Co-Chair, 150w History Project

Dean Lucy Sprague, The Partheneia, and the Arts      

Janet Ruyle, Assistant Director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at UC Berkeley,

Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998 [8]

150 Years and Counting: Co-education and the College of Chemistry

Marge d’Wylde, Catalyst Magazine, College of Chemistry, 2020

You’ve Come a Long Way, Bambina! Pioneering Italian Women at Berkeley Rose D. Scherini, PhD in Educational Anthropology, Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998

Other Voices: Glimpses of African American, Chinese American, and Japanese American Students at Berkeley, From the 1920s to the mid-1950s. Roberta J. Park, Editors, Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998 p. 99-106

Japanese and Chinese Student Organizations at Berkeley from 1900 to 1946: Finding Community in the Face of Exclusion

Miranda Jiang, Undergraduate Research Apprentice at the Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley

North Gables: A Boardinghouse with a Heart

Elizabeth Fine Ginsburg, Worked for a New York Publisher, and Harriet Shapiro Rochlin, American Journalist, novelist, and historian, Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998

1942: Lights and Darks

Margaret Darling Evans Scholer, Berkeley alumna, Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998

Reflections on Leadership in the Berkeley Panhellenic Community

Kristi Matsudaira-Yee, Class of ’21, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, sponsored by Sheila Humphreys, Director Emerita of Diversity, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley, Co-Chair 150w History Project

"They Got Woken Up": SLATE and Women's Activism at UC Berkeley Amanda Tewes, Interviewer/Historian, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley

Women in the Free Speech Movement

Robert Cohen, Professor of Social Studies and Steinhardt Affiliated Professor of History at New York University. Originally published in the History News Network, April 2021

 The Marching Band: “We Don’t Have Any Women in This Band,” and “Men, Women and Song”

Barbara Leonard Robben, Class of 1960; Arville Knoche Finacom, Cal Alumna. Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998

Zona Roberts and Learning to Walk Backwards, From the Oral History Center Archives

Annabel Long, Class of ’22, Mentor, Shanna Farrell, Bancroft Library

[Establishment of UCB Center for Independent Living: https://www.thecil.org/history]

“Crip Camp” Documentary and Judy Heumann: Studies in the Disability Movement--Snapshots

Annabel Long, Class of ’22, Undergraduate Research, Mentor, Shanna Farrell, Bancroft Library

Berkeley Women in the Disability Rights Movement

Mary Tan, Compiler, Class of ’20 and 150w History Project Assistant

Indigenous Leaders – 150 Years of Women

Patrick Naranjo, Director of American Indian Graduate Program, UC Berkeley and Mary Tan, Class of ’20, 150w Project Assistant

Athletics (subsection I, 2a)

A Gym of Their Own: Women, Sports, and Physical Culture at the Berkeley Campus, 1876-1976

Roberta J. Park, Professor of Integrative Biology, Ladies Blue and Gold, vol I (2) Chronicle of the University of California, 1998

Cal Women’s Rowing: A Half Century of Women’s Crew at Berkeley

Oliver O’Reilly and the members of The Cal Women’s Rowing History Project

Part I, Introduction: About the Cal Women’s Rowing History Project (pdf)

Part II. Introduction to the History of Women’s Rowing at Cal

Oliver O’Reilly (pdf)

Part III. Cal Women’s Crew Interviews conducted by Jean Sacconaghi Strauss, Class of 1978. Five interviews and a documentary available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V50OwH2gUQA

Interviewed: Carol Simpson Sanoff, ‘69, Jane Toro, ‘76, Liz Miles, ’77, Pat Spratlen Etem, ‘79, Valerie McClain, ‘82

Part IV. Cal Women’s Rowing Crew Data (pdf of Excel spreadsheet). This is a capture of an ongoing project. For updates contact calwomensrowinghistoryproject@gmail.com

Rowing Appendix:

The Establishment of Cal Women’s Crew in 1974-1975

Peter Lippett, Class of ’58, Member of Cal Crew, Founder of Cal Women’s Rowing Team, First Chair US Women’s Olympic Rowing Committee

Cal Women’s Crew: A sketch from the 60’s

Carol Simpson Sanoff, Class of ‘69

Cal Women's Crew Pre-Title IX

Karl Drlica, Cal Women's Rowing Coach 1967-69

150 Years of Women in Sports at Berkeley:

Legendary Hotchkiss Wightman Revolutionized Game (Tennis)

Dean Caparaz, Assistant Director of Communications, Athletics Department UC Berkeley

Helen Wills: Queen of Berkeley Tennis

Dean Caparaz, Assistant Director of Communications, Athletics Department UC Berkeley

Layshia Clarendon Basketball Star

Desi Carrasco, Class of ‘22, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP), Mentor Professor Emerita Margaret Conkey, Anthropology

Carli Lloyd: From California’s Powerhouse to Global Playmaker (Volleyball) Maddy Chen, Class of ’23, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP), Mentor Professor Emerita Margaret Conkey, Anthropology

Examining the Complex History, Evolution of Journalism Coverage of Cal Women’s Athletics

Benjamin Coleman, Class of ’22, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP), Mentor Professor Emerita Margaret Conkey, Anthropology

Missy Franklin Olympic Swimmer

Devanshi Rathi, Class of ’21, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP), Mentor Professor Emerita Margaret Conkey, Anthropology

Profiles from Cal Lacrosse

Susie Ropp, Class of ’20 and Catherine Roxas, Class of ’22. Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP), Mentor Professor Emerita Margaret Conkey, Anthropology

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