Baylor Belles

ID: 3422 ~ Source: Hart, Maxine, interviewed by Brenda H. Morris on July 16, 1997, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, Texas. Access full interview here.

This file appears in: Memorial Hall: Woman's Memorial Dormitory

Baylor alumna Maxine Hart recalls the strict rule of life Baylor women led even as late as the 1950s. Baylor administration made it their priority to produce well-behaved and ladylike women.

This file appears in: Memorial Hall: Woman's Memorial Dormitory

Memorial Hall: Woman's Memorial Dormitory

By Maria Petrolia

Baylor University was the first coeducational university in the South, and only the second in the country. Even so, the education women received at Baylor for many years was fundamentally different…