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The feminist movement began to gain attention after mothers stayed home for years, solely being the caregivers. After years of woman integrating…
James H. Clark to business manager, 1971, February 4Inter-office memorandum from Director of Facilities Planning, James H. Clark, to Henry P. Adams, Business Manager of George Mason College regarding…
The Belle Island Confederate Provost Marshal registered Private Solomon Crist and the Union Second Corps enlisted prisoners.The Confederate practice with Union prisoners was to separate the officers from the enlisted. The officers went to Libby Prison in Richmond, while the…
GMU becomes an independent institutionGMU officially becomes an independent institution. This allows the University to reconsider the proposition of building on-campus student housing.
Rally Against Racism Held at Mason HallNearly 100 students assembled at Sub 1 and Marched to Mason Hall as a continuation of a slient vigil held the week prior. This rally and the silent…
Student versus Climate ChangeStudent, Ethan Wright, protesting by going on strike every day for an entire semester against the selected investments of the GMU foundation.
Mason Activist Gets Candid on Climate Change, Ethan Wright discusses the importance of the divestment movement - Fourth Estate ArticleStudent Protesting the climate change crisis by skipping friday classes and sitting in front of the Johnson Center. He critiques the GMU foundation…
An oral history conducted with Dr. David Powers Corwin on the topics of LGBTQ+ history and Women and Gender Studies at Mason.
President Edgar ShannonEdgar Shannon was President at the time of Lorraine's dispute with UVA and GMC regarding the nepotism policy. It was stated in the policy that only he…
The captured from Ream’s Station and the Howlett Line march to prison in RichmondThe Battle of Ream’s Station ended after dark on the evening of August 25th, 1864. The nearly two thousand Union prisoners captured in the battle were…