This foundational catalogue celebrates the accomplishments of women artist graduates of Yale University on the occasion of two major milestones: the 50th anniversary of coeducation at Yale College and the 150th anniversary of the first women students at the University, who came to study at the Yale School of the Fine Arts when it opened in 1869. Beginning with works by female students who received their Certificates of Completion in the 1880s, and including a penetrating portrait by Josephine Miles Lewis—the first student, male or female, to receive a B.F.A. from Yale, in 1891—it weaves together the stories of nearly 80 female artist-alumni, including Eva Hesse, B.F.A. 1959, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, B.F.A. 1961, Jennifer Bartlett, B.F.A. 1964, M.F.A. 1965, Roni Horn, M.F.A. 1978, Maya Lin, B.A. 1981, M.Arch. 1986, An-My Lê, M.F.A. 1993, Wangechi Mutu, M.F.A. 2000, Mickalene Thomas, M.F.A. 2002, Mary Reid Kelley, M.F.A. 2009, and Njideka Akunyili Crosby, M.F.A. 2011.
