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The year 1817, when the University of Michigan was founded, holds immense significance for the history of the university\u2014except for women. It wasn\u2019t until 53 years later, in 1870, that women were officially admitted to U-M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan in the World team members immersed themselves in the archives of the Bentley Historical Library, studying women\u2019s strides and struggles as students, faculty, staff, and alumnae from the late 1800s to the present. Tracing women\u2019s history specifically provides us with a different timeline of milestones and turning points than those that are generally associated with the history of the university, which has until only recently been an incomplete recollection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c’A Dangerous Experiment’: Women at the University of Michigan\u201d is part of Michigan in the World (MITW), a paid undergraduate internship program where students develop online public exhibitions about the history of the University of Michigan and its relationships with the wider world. MITW is coordinated by the\u00a0U-M History Department<\/a>\u00a0in partnership with the\u00a0Bentley Historical Library<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0College of Literature, Science, and the Arts<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bentley\u00a0Michigan in the World Fellows<\/strong>: Abigail Esbrook, Sophia Kaufman, Laura Marsh, Mel Neal, Emma Stout, Levi Teitel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Coordinator:<\/strong> Michelle McClellan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Student Supervisor:<\/strong> Molly Brookfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Engagement Manager:<\/strong> Gregory Parker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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