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The Broadside publishes a scathing article against the Hourly Child Care center. The opinion piece backs up the journalistic integrity of the original piece. The series of articles begins the demise of the pilot program for on campus child care due…

In the first half of the 20th century, most mothers stayed home and took care of their children while fathers went out to work to make money and provide for families. Many mothers did not use childcare because it was merely even at exsistence at the…

Two years of investigation, litigation, change in Chancellors, GMC Student Government opens a new childcare center at a nearby church to help assist parents of GMC student body and staff.

Photograph of the mobile home used by Hourly Childcare, Inc. for its care facility. It was located on university property across Ox Road (Va. Rte. 123) from the main part of campus.

Inter-office memorandum from Director of Facilities Planning, James H. Clark, to Henry P. Adams, Business Manager of George Mason College regarding the setup and location of the mobile home used to house the Hourly Child Care Center. Attached graphic…

Woman began to immerse themselves into feminism and began to join the workforce and obtain an education regardless of gender roles and male dominated work place oppurtunities.

Letter from George Mason University President, Lorin A. Thompson to Reverend Roger W. Verley of Hourly Child Care, Inc. of February 9, 1971. In this letter Thompson reports to Verley that he is satisfied with the progress of the preparations for the…

George Mason University President Lorin A. Thompson in academic regalia.

In September of 1972, Lorin Thompson received an inter-office memorandum from the Dean of Students Robert Turner, conveying a variety of concerns voiced to him about the…

Newly named president of George Mason University, Vergil H. Dykstra (center), addressing the George Mason University community and the media, April 3, 1973 in Finley Hall. On the right is former president, Lorin A. Thompson, while on the left is…

Pictured is a promotional flier for Slave Day. Slave Day was an event held by one of the GMU fraternities that mimicked the slave trade to raise money. The flier states that clubs and individuals that purchase student "slaves" would get a full day of…