KAYO DENDA is the head of the Margery Somers Foster Center and the women’s studies librarian at the Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 2016, she won the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Career Achievement Award.MARY HAWKESWORTH is distinguished professor of political science and women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. She is the editor of the leading feminist journal Signs and the author of many books, including Embodied Power: Demystifying Disembodied Politics.FERNANDA H. PERRONE is an archivist, head of the of the Exhibitions Program and curator of the William Elliot Griffis Collection in the Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick.

• Foreword by Carol T. Christ, DC ’66 . . . . . . . . . . . . viiDeans of the College, 1918–2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixA ssociate Alumnae of Douglass College:Presidents and Executive Directors . . . . . . . . . . xi1 Inventing Douglass: The Challengeof Women’s Higher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 New Jersey College for Women:Establishing a Tradition, 1918–1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . .233 Challenges of the 1930s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 World War II and Its Aftermath:New Jersey College For Women,1940–1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .735 From New Jersey College forWomen to Douglass College . . . . . . . . . . . 936 Preserving Douglass’sSpecial Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 Douglass in Two TurbulentDecades: Student Activismand Institutional Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . .1438 Creating Knowledge about,by, and for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1719 R einventing Douglass:From University Reorganizationto the Transformation ofUndergraduate Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19910 Diversifying Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22511 Douglass Residential College:Revitalizing Women’s Educationin the Twenty-First Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24312 The Douglass Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

"100-Year Journey At Douglass: From Early Technical Courses To STEM-Oriented Programs" by Tom Wilk (Inside Jersey) "100 Years--and Counting" interview feature (Rutgers Magazine) "100 years of Douglass College" by Tom Wilk (NJ.com) "The Rutgers Century" by Mary Snead (Rutgers Today) "The Douglass Century: A new book by Rutgers faculty and staff examines the history and diversity of Douglass Residential College in celebration of its 100th anniversary" by Merrie Snead (Rutgers Today) Rutgers Magazine (Spring 2018 issue) mention of The Douglass Century in the "Letters" section (Rutgers Magazine) "This well-researched book honors the impact of Douglass on the history of New Jersey and on the many young women who attended the institution over the last one hundred years. More significantly, The Douglass Century provides a thoughtful sense of the struggle women faced as they sought access to higher education and, as important as ever, the continuing challenges women face achieving leadership roles and equity in today’s society." (New Jersey Studies)

KAYO DENDA is the head of the Margery Somers Foster Center and the women’s studies librarian at the Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 2016, she won the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Career Achievement Award.MARY HAWKESWORTH is distinguished professor of political science and women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. She is the editor of the leading feminist journal Signs and the author of many books, including Embodied Power: Demystifying Disembodied Politics.FERNANDA H. PERRONE is an archivist, head of the of the Exhibitions Program and curator of the William Elliot Griffis Collection in the Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick.

• Foreword by Carol T. Christ, DC ’66 . . . . . . . . . . . . viiDeans of the College, 1918–2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixA ssociate Alumnae of Douglass College:Presidents and Executive Directors . . . . . . . . . . xi1 Inventing Douglass: The Challengeof Women’s Higher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 New Jersey College for Women:Establishing a Tradition, 1918–1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . .233 Challenges of the 1930s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 World War II and Its Aftermath:New Jersey College For Women,1940–1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .735 From New Jersey College forWomen to Douglass College . . . . . . . . . . . 936 Preserving Douglass’sSpecial Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 Douglass in Two TurbulentDecades: Student Activismand Institutional Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . .1438 Creating Knowledge about,by, and for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1719 R einventing Douglass:From University Reorganizationto the Transformation ofUndergraduate Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19910 Diversifying Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22511 Douglass Residential College:Revitalizing Women’s Educationin the Twenty-First Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24312 The Douglass Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

"100-Year Journey At Douglass: From Early Technical Courses To STEM-Oriented Programs" by Tom Wilk (Inside Jersey) "100 Years--and Counting" interview feature (Rutgers Magazine) "100 years of Douglass College" by Tom Wilk (NJ.com) "The Rutgers Century" by Mary Snead (Rutgers Today) "The Douglass Century: A new book by Rutgers faculty and staff examines the history and diversity of Douglass Residential College in celebration of its 100th anniversary" by Merrie Snead (Rutgers Today) Rutgers Magazine (Spring 2018 issue) mention of The Douglass Century in the "Letters" section (Rutgers Magazine) "This well-researched book honors the impact of Douglass on the history of New Jersey and on the many young women who attended the institution over the last one hundred years. More significantly, The Douglass Century provides a thoughtful sense of the struggle women faced as they sought access to higher education and, as important as ever, the continuing challenges women face achieving leadership roles and equity in today’s society." (New Jersey Studies)

KAYO DENDA is the head of the Margery Somers Foster Center and the women’s studies librarian at the Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 2016, she won the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Career Achievement Award.MARY HAWKESWORTH is distinguished professor of political science and women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. She is the editor of the leading feminist journal Signs and the author of many books, including Embodied Power: Demystifying Disembodied Politics.FERNANDA H. PERRONE is an archivist, head of the of the Exhibitions Program and curator of the William Elliot Griffis Collection in the Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick.

• Foreword by Carol T. Christ, DC ’66 . . . . . . . . . . . . viiDeans of the College, 1918–2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixA ssociate Alumnae of Douglass College:Presidents and Executive Directors . . . . . . . . . . xi1 Inventing Douglass: The Challengeof Women’s Higher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 New Jersey College for Women:Establishing a Tradition, 1918–1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . .233 Challenges of the 1930s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 World War II and Its Aftermath:New Jersey College For Women,1940–1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .735 From New Jersey College forWomen to Douglass College . . . . . . . . . . . 936 Preserving Douglass’sSpecial Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 Douglass in Two TurbulentDecades: Student Activismand Institutional Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . .1438 Creating Knowledge about,by, and for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1719 R einventing Douglass:From University Reorganizationto the Transformation ofUndergraduate Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19910 Diversifying Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22511 Douglass Residential College:Revitalizing Women’s Educationin the Twenty-First Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24312 The Douglass Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

"100-Year Journey At Douglass: From Early Technical Courses To STEM-Oriented Programs" by Tom Wilk (Inside Jersey) "100 Years--and Counting" interview feature (Rutgers Magazine) "100 years of Douglass College" by Tom Wilk (NJ.com) "The Rutgers Century" by Mary Snead (Rutgers Today) "The Douglass Century: A new book by Rutgers faculty and staff examines the history and diversity of Douglass Residential College in celebration of its 100th anniversary" by Merrie Snead (Rutgers Today) Rutgers Magazine (Spring 2018 issue) mention of The Douglass Century in the "Letters" section (Rutgers Magazine) "This well-researched book honors the impact of Douglass on the history of New Jersey and on the many young women who attended the institution over the last one hundred years. More significantly, The Douglass Century provides a thoughtful sense of the struggle women faced as they sought access to higher education and, as important as ever, the continuing challenges women face achieving leadership roles and equity in today’s society." (New Jersey Studies)