MANLESS DANCE

The "Manless Dance" was given annually as a fundraising event of the Young Women's Christian Association. Some of the co-eds dressed as men, borrowing clothes from male students. One of the advertisements read "Be sure and come, Co-eds, with your girl, your pep, and your dollar. Let's show the world that men are not essential to a good time."
(Flat Hat, March 6, 1925, University Archives, Swem Library College of William and Mary)
 
 
An invitation to the Manless Dance, April 7, 1923

Scrapbook of Mildred E. Barksdale, Archives Acc. 1991.89
University Archives, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Celeste Ross and Catherine Dennis (in uniform) going to the Manless Dance, 1919

Scrapbook of Catherine Dennis, Archives Acc.1984.10
University Archives, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Last updated 19 March 1998