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Material herein may not be reprinted without the and other activities. expressed, written permission of The Crimson White. women November 29, 2018 3 University makes strides in admitting women The University of Alabama student body is now 56.5 percent female 125 years after the first two women, Anna Adams and Bessie Parker, enrolled in 1893. the first sorority installed on campus, BY AMANDA LE the first female SGA president and CONTRIBUTING WRITER the first African-American student admitted, Autherine Lucy, whose o Sydney Allen, a senior majoring challenges on campus in 1956 proved Tin exercise science, pursuing her insurmountable until almost forty education at the Capstone is a major years later, when the University, privilege, as not every member of her which expelled her after her third day family had the opportunity to receive a of school, finally allowed her back to college education. complete her master’s degree. “Most people don’t even think about In 1893, Anna Adams and Bessie the thought of not going to college,” Parker became the first women to enroll Allen said. “A college education is very at the University, and after 31 years EDUCATION FOR ALL – Kathryn Versace and Lauren Gann, two UA math majors, walk to crucial to me, so I am very grateful to of UA service, Judy Bonner became class, something they would have been unable to do at the University of Alabama say that I didn’t have to face that the first woman to lead the Capstone 125 years ago. CW / Joe Will Field uncertainty. My parents were very as president in 2012. Though Bonner supportive of me on furthering my decided to hand over her presidency said. “When we think of representation, disparities among male academic education at UA.” to current president Stuart R. Bell in what we need to look at is not only leaders. Black men represented 6.56 2015, her legacy as the University’s first the numbers of those who are percent of men in executive and female president continues. represented, but who holds leadership administrative positions as opposed to According to Alabama Alumni positions. How is the power distributed 90 percent of white men. Magazine, Bonner said she had given across the numbers?” While some think improvement for no thought to the historical precedent women still needs to be done, others If my role as set with her selection until media choose to shift their focus on the president can members mentioned it. good: the growth of women in higher “If my role as president can inspire education, their representation and how inspire young ladies young ladies to work hard and dream far the University has come. to work hard and bigger, I am truly humbled and It is a victory in some Ansley Neeley, a senior majoring honored,” Bonner told the magazine. in public relations, said she is thankful dream bigger, I am According to the OIRA, 48 percent ways, but we know for her education at the University females and 52 percent males made we are not quite yet because she is surrounded by such truly humbled and up the University’s faculty and staff great role models. honored. in 2017. ready to celebrate “It’s very empowering for me to be Although the University shows when we see there able to earn a college education, efforts to highlight the history of especially at such a great school like JUDY BONNER women at the Capstone, conversations are still access The University of Alabama,” Neeley about women in higher education and barriers largely across said. “In my past four years here, I’ve improvements in gender inequality been able to work alongside so many Total student enrollment of women at remain diverse among those on campus. the field of higher smart, well-rounded women, so it’s the University has increased by 19,895 Historically, males have inspiring to know that we have the since 1944, according to the Office of outnumbered females in academic education. potential to become some of the next Institutional Research and Assessment institutions, the workforce and great female leaders after college.” (OIRA). Now at 56.5 percent, more than ultimately, leadership roles. Women ELLE The call for gender diversity is half of students currently enrolled at have undoubtedly overcome many SHAABAN-MAGANA about being inclusive to all and The University of Alabama are women. obstacles throughout the years, but promoting a welcoming culture. The year 2018 marks the 125th year the issue of low representation of With active campaigns and powerful of white women being enrolled into women in leadership is still a In its 2015-2016 Minority Participation leaders roaming the campus, years of the University. It wasn’t until 1963 that burning question. Report, the University of Alabama systemic inequality are in the process a black woman was admitted to the Elle Shaaban-Magana, director of System conducted an executive of being overturned.