In April 1970 more than fifteen hundred men and women rallied in Circle Park to protest dorm hours for freshmen women and off-campus housing requirements for women. The Women’s Action Movement organized the protest. Dr. Isabel Tipton, a physics professor, told the crowd that the main way to obtain women’s rights was to “keep the pressure on the administration.” Two leaders of the Women’s Action Movement—Madeline Hebert and Martha Hudson—were charged by the Dean of Students’ Office with inciting other students to violate university policies and regulations. They and four other students received disciplinary reprimands.
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