Meg Waite Clayton...the state of Virginia had turned down twenty-one thousand women for admission to state colleges in 1970 while not turning away a single man...
About This Quote
This quote asks what we can do to make sure that women and men are treated equally and fairly. It asks why there is such a big discrepancy between the number of women and men who graduate from college in the United States. And it asks what we can do about it.
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