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A journal featuring student research, writing, and editing, sponsored by the Archives and Special Collections and the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. 

This collaborative historical project serves students, scholars, and the general public with a digital platform for original student research about the history and culture of the gender revolution at Purdue University.

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Domesticity and Gender politics at Purdue
by Grant Barnett

Student Protest and Activism on Purdue's Campus

by Max Malavenda

Women's Place at Purdue, 1960 - 2000

by Anna Brown

Named for Women: Gendering Architecture

by Zoe Malavenda

women and Military Leadership at Purdue

by Stephen Goula

Betty Nelson: Modeling Campus Leadership

by Anna Szolwinski

Underground and Political Newspapers at purdue

by Alex Griffin-Little

Face Everything and Rise: A History of the Purdue Dance Team

by Meaghan Tracy

Gendering Performance: PMO and the All-American Marching Band

by Jackie Krutsch

Not Too Long Ago, Grief Did Not Guarantee Sympathy: Health Advocacy at Purdue

by Faith Zettler

Featured Student Projects

Domesticity and Gender Politics at Purdue

by Grant Barnett

Training for Domesticity
A Brief Purdue History of Home Economics
The Anti-feminist: the Dark Side of the Revolution

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women's Place at purdue, 1960-2000

by Anna Brown

Home Economics and the Practice House
Women on Campus: Memories of Purdue's Campus Classrooms in the Seventies
Sorority Life on Campus: 1960 - 2000

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Women and Military Leadership at Purdue

by Stephen Goula

Women in ROTC
Purdue's Support During World War II
The Modern-Day Woman in ROTC

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Underground and political Newsapers at purdue

by Alex Griffin-Little

All Power (and Paper) to the People

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Gendering Performance: PMO and the All-American Marching Band

by Jackie Krutsch

 

The Purduettes versus the Varsity Glee Club
The Golden Girl's Golden History
The “All American” Band Becomes Open to All

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Student protest and activism on purdue's campus

by Max Malavenda

The "Black Salute" on Purdue's Campus
A Trend of Omission: Student Protest and Activism on Purdue's Campus

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Named for Women: gendering architecture

by Zoe Malavenda

Meredith Hall
Mary Matthews
Physical Representation

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Betty Nelson: Modeling Campus Leadership

by Anna Szolwinski

Betty Nelson: Sleuthing in Bluefield
Betty Nelson: A Tireless Advocate
Betty Nelson: Leaving a Legacy

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face everything and rise: A history of the purdue dance team

by Meaghan Tracy

Purdue Athletics’ Journey to Title IX Compliance
Face Everything and Rise: A History of the Purdue Dance Team

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Not too long ago, grief did not guarantee sympathy: Health advocacy at Purdue

by Faith Zettler

Grief and Mental Health Advocacy at Purdue
S.H.E. & C.A.R.E.: How Advocacy Changes Everything
The Modern History of Mental Health Services for Students at Purdue University

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