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Women Appealing for Change [WAC], the undergraduate group that boycotted the nine all-male final clubs last year, responded to the Fly's decision with a letter to the editors of the Crimson...
...WAC was able to gain the conditional support ofthe Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) later inSeptember, but only by preparing an alternateversion of the petition. That version was gearedtoward women who had previously boycotted finalclubs and who did not agree with theadvertisement's amicable tone...
...women were devoted to WAC's cause;some made serious efforts not to join the all-malefinal clubs, and chose to start groups of theirown...
...unlike the final clubs, the Lynx has noclub house and accepts first-years as members. TheLynx women, like the women who organized WAC, areessentially friendly to the all-male clubs...
...While WAC and the founders of the new female"final clubs" were crusading for equality on thesocial scene, other undergraduates were attemptingto create an organization where they could discusswomen's issues among women...