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Bed-In As student activism spread across campuses in the late 1960s, female students began protesting gender segregation — not only in the dorms, but at schools in general. Women at Barnard College in Manhattan, the sister school to Columbia University, staged several protests called “bed-ins” to demand equal access to education. (Despite the protests, Columbia continued to deny female students until 1983.) (via)

Bed-In 
As student activism spread across campuses in the late 1960s, female students began protesting gender segregation — not only in the dorms, but at schools in general. Women at Barnard College in Manhattan, the sister school to Columbia University, staged several protests called “bed-ins” to demand equal access to education. (Despite the protests, Columbia continued to deny female students until 1983.)

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    I really love seeing pictures of the student rebellions at Columbia University in the ’60s! It’s like SEE WE USED TO BE...
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