Eighty-three female students joined Noble and Greenough School for the first time in 1974, integrating what had previously been an all-boys school. Over the next five years, these pioneering young women graduated and went on to college, careers, and lives that built upon the momentous first step of attending a formerly all-male preparatory school. The document profiles several of the young women from the classes of 1975 through 1979, noting teachers who influenced them, their college majors, and current occupations. It highlights "firsts" for female students, such as the first to accept admission and give a graduation speech. In total, it celebrates the women who integrated Noble and Greenough and helped establish new traditions as the school

1. The Women of 1974 EightyThree female students who changed Nobles

2. On September 18, 1974, the 109th academic year started at Noble and Greenough School. For the first time in the history of the school, the student body included females.

3. Eighty three young women joined the Classes of 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 to start a new era.

4. This presentation is a tribute to the students who were willing to embark on such a momentous journey.

5. The Class of 1975 The cover of the Yearbook of the Class of 1975 celebrated Coeducation

7. Taught at Carroll School.

8. Currently at Alevizos Group: Operation Manager of Commercial Property.Class of 1975

9. Edith Hackett Keeler Avra L. Goldman Class of 1975 E. Susan Gens

10. Tansy Parr Lovell Louisa A. Hackett Julie Hurwitz Goldman Class of 1975

12. Transferred to Rochester Institute of Technology.

13. Graduated with Bachelor of Science.

14. Currently: works in the newspaper industry, managing the operation side of the newspaper business.Class of 1975

15. Ellen Quinlan Class of 1975 Wendy TaylorPatriquin Laurie YoungPedzewick

16. Friends from the Class of 1975 Laurie YoungPedzewick Edith HackettKeeler Marcia Alevizos Ellen Quinlan

18. 17 female students went on to graduate with the Class of 1976. Rebecca BriggsChafel Sarah G. Bloy Class of 1976

20. Graduated from Harvard with Master of Education in Counseling and Consulting Psychology.

21. Worked at Children Hospital and Wheelock College.

22. Currently, at home.Class of 1976

23. Elizabeth CraneMcCarter Classof 1976 Linda A. Davis Jennifer A. Finn

24. Pamela A.Hubbard Classof 1976 Catherine R. Gray Deborah GrayWood (deceased)

26. Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Communications.Class of 1976

27. Suzanne G. Ingraham Classof 1976 Cynthia HulburtWest Elizabeth A. Ingraham

28. Mary Lyne Classof 1976 Mary Praught Beulah Trey

30. MBA with concentration in Finance from UCLA.

33. Laura Almy Kaplan Caryn Berger Weiss Class of 1977

35. Currently: a Mom!Class of 1977

36. Classof 1977 Sarah Kimball Bryson Amy BrownBoit Nancy J. Burnside

38. Attended Law School at George Mason School of Law.

41. Currently Director of College Counseling at Kent School, Kent CT.Class of 1977

42. Class of 1977 Karen HollmanAllen Barbara B. Howe

44. Currently: Clinical Psychologist and Writer.Class of 1977

45. Class of 1977 Anne JarrettRichardson Janet LavinRapelye Leslie Nolen-Tawar

47. Currently: Montessori Elementary Teacher.Class of 1977

48. Elizabeth O’Day Riley Ann S. Rectanus Class of 1977 Virginia Pratt McCloy

50. Stanford University – MBA.

51. Currently: Homeschooling Teacher to

52. 8th grade son.Class of 1977

53. Julie A. Rosen Allene RussellPierson Lisa SeadaleHealey Class of 1977

55. Currently at MIT Sloan in the Office of External Relations-Corporate and International Development.Class of 1977

56. Gail Whittemore Denman Class of 1977 Barbara StephensonPignatelli Harriett Thorp Bosy

58. Cary BickleyZeltser Class of 1978 Deborah K. Bedard

59. Wendy J. Fay Class of 1978 Ellen ChaffinLevenson Wendy DunkleDowling

61. Currently: runs her own business in preventative nutrition –education and marketing.Class of 1978

62. Class of 1978 Deborah GatesAllen Sandra HowesWilson Persis GleasonElkins

63. Class of 1978 Joan R. Popeo Amy G. Remensnyder Cynthia OlneyKnight

65. Currently, working as a Financial Advisor.Class of 1978

66. Rachel Rubin Coppersmith Class of 1978 Laurie M. Shillito Laura RussellMalkin

70. Currently: sporadic fundraiser, caterer, gardenerClass of 1978

71. Class of 1978 Amy T. Tillotson Pamela R. Wine

72. Class of 1979 Freda McDuffie

74. Left Before Graduation: Leighlan Ann Newman - Class of 1977 Joni Marie Waddell - Class of 1977 Ginevra Fuller Hooe - Class of 1978

75. Congratulations to all the females of September 1974

76. Students photos from the Noble and Greenough School Archives Thanks to the Alumnae that provided current and vintage photos. © Archives of Noble and Greenough School February 2011