Yale: History of an Art School

A political history of the fabled institution and its intersections with feminist representation in art

The first women students to attend Yale University were members of its School of Art, who were present upon the school's inauguration in 1869. Despite this auspicious start, 121 years passed before the School of Art awarded tenure to a woman professor, and 147 years before welcoming its first woman dean. Assembled from hundreds of hours of interviews with notable women and nonbinary gradua...