Word: esterquest
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Girls started their revolution with the parietal rules. In 1968, Esterquest, who would later complain about being treated like “cattle,” arrived on campus ready to change things. When women in her dorm sat down to agree on the rules later that year, she questioned the system...
...really felt like a piece of cattle,” says Judith B. Esterquest ‘72, who lived in North House like Barbara. “There’s nothing like getting in line for your food and either having lots of noise or a lack of noise...
...change went through. Though the bells desk was still in place, its only remaining function was symbolic. Girls would send guys straight up without buzzing. Men started openly visiting at late hours, sometimes staying the night. “Standards just fell apart,” Esterquest says, and punishments grew less severe. Other Radcliffe dorms soon followed suit...
...senior year, Esterquest had conquered Eliot House—in a platonic fashion. At her surprise birthday party, only five of her 50 guests were female. “So it got better,” Esterquest says. And men and women grew more comfortable with each other...