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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Ray Moore interviewing Alice W. Stancil, one of the first women admitted to the academic side of the University of Georgia in 1919, about her experiences at the university, Athens, Georgia, 1961 January

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WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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In this WSB newsfilm clip from January 1961, reporter Ray Moore interviews Alice W. Stancil, one of the first women admitted in 1919 as a full-time academic student at the University of Georgia, about her experiences at the university.The clip begins with Moore interviewing Stancil. Moore refers to Stancil by her married name of Mrs. Walter Stancil. Moore asks about demonstrations that took place on campus when women were first admitted to the University of Georgia. Stancil remembers that placards and posters were nailed to the trees with the quote "Give us back our university." She also recalls that men dumped hot water on female students who walked too close to the men's dormitory. Mrs. Stancil asserts that she never went near a dormitory. Moore asks Stancil about the time the male students came to attack the home where she and some of the other women students were staying. The clip breaks and returns in the middle of Stancil's story. She explains that when the house matron heard the men were coming, she had the women change into their "very best evening outfit" and do their hair. The matron then ordered ice cream and punch. When the men arrived at the house, the matron invited the boys to come in for a party. After eating the ice cream, the men and women sang college songs. Stancil reports that the men had come with eggs and tomatoes to throw at the house, but that they quickly hid them when they heard...
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Moore, Ray, 1922Stancil, Alice W., 1900-1969
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Athens
  2. Coeducation
  3. Demonstrations
  4. Discrimination
  5. Discrimination In Education
  6. Georgia
  7. Interviews
  8. Reporters And Reporting
  9. Societies And Clubs
  10. Universities
  11. Universities And Colleges
  12. Women
  13. Women College Students
  14. Women, White

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