Resistance and Disruption: Women at the University of Michigan–Flint 1956–1966

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Acknowledgments

I extend my gratitude to the 57 women who gave their time and shared their stories with us. I also want to acknowledge the significant work of our student research team, Pamela Colton, Gregory Storms, and April Pepperdine. I thank the Office of Research, Department of Sociology/Anthropology/Criminal Justice, and the Women’s Educational Center at the University of Michigan-Flint for their support.

Notes

¹ Throughout I use Women’s Movement, Feminist Movement, and Women’s Liberation Movement interchangeably. The women in this analysis tend to use the terms, “women’s lib” or “women’s lib movement,” the common term of that era.

² We often refer to such students as “nontraditional,” highlighting the assumption that “traditional” college students enter university immediately after graduating from high school.

³ The Flint College was a two-year college, which meant there was only a junior class the first year. The next academic year would see a junior and senior class and the first graduates.

⁴ This software allows the researcher to attach codes to blocks of text, identify broad themes, link them, and explore the various ways themes intersect and interact.