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Firsts 79-84

1979

•Sally Frank ’80 files a lawsuit with the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights to contest discrimination at three all-male eating clubs.

1980

•Barbara Barrow ’81, is elected Junior Class President and becomes 1st woman Honor Committee Chair.

•Kimberlee Thompson ’81 becomes Princeton’s first female ROTC cadet commander.

1981

•Women’s Studies program is founded, now Program in the Study of Women & Gender.

1984

•Michele Woods ’84 becomes the first female USG president.