Kentucky College for Women's History: Revealing the story of women at Centre College Main Menu History: From Caldwell Institute to Centre College SECTION 1 Women's Life on the Lexington Avenue Campus (1925-1962) SECTION 2 Sports: Female Athletes Through Time SECTION 3 Women's Life on Centre's Campus (1962 - 2000) SECTION 4 Legacy: Current Day SECTION 5

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Over the years, a significant amount of progress has been made in the integration of women onto Centre College's campus. Such progress can be witnessed within the graph containing the male/female student population plotted over time. Shortly after the merger between Centre College and the Kentucky College for Women in 1926, the progress was initiated. In 1926, Centre College was entirely composed of 257 men and KCW was entirely composed of 46 women. In the years leading up to World War II, the population of men on campus began to dwindle only to rebound drastically. During that time, women on campus were increasing in population steadily.

Following WWII and the few years following, both men and women on campus began a steady incline within the student population. Along with the increase of students on campus, the campus needed to accommodate. Such accommodation was made by creating student housing. The student housing included present day halls such as ___________. An increasing campus size lead to more and more students attending the new, co-ed, Centre College.

For the first time since WWII, in the 1944-45 school year, there were more women than men attending Centre College in the 1989-90 school year. Since that period of time, women have remained in the majority in 20 of the last 27 school years.

The progress that has been made on Centre College's campus is illustrated within the interactive graph below:
 

The graph above graphs men and women in the student body population plotted over time (since 1926). The x-axis includes the years from the merger between KCW and Centre College to present day. A steady increase within the student body is apparent as more men and women attended Centre throughout the years. The significant drop and latter rebound in the male population was due to WWII. The overall progress illustrates Centre College's exceptional job integrating more women onto campus to provide quality education to both sexes.




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And a writeup on any other basic research we have about course-loads, enrollment, etc.

Talk about female professors, amount and statistics of women throughout fields (students, faculty) over the years.  If there were any notable figures that we have information about, or pioneers, a good spot to mention them; how/why they stood out.  

If possible, talk about how women had fields of study more limited.  Many pictures of all male science classes, sports teams, etc. from the 40s-60s.  Whereas women have many pictures of dancing, parties, drama, and music.  

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