A group of students, including one woman looking towards the camera, stand in front of a large banner tacked onto a building that says

The University is proud to celebrate the contributions of women throughout its history, particularly the transformational change ushered in with the admittance of undergraduate women in 1972. Below is a selection of photos, captured over the years by University photographers and submitted by alumnae themselves, that offer a glimpse of the Notre Dame experience for women since 1972. 

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A large group photo.
A group photo.
Masked female students stand six-feet a part pray with their elbows close to the sides of their body and hands outstretched sideways, and palms up.
A room of female students hold hands and pray during a Mass.
A female student grabs a bowl from a priest during Mass.
A female student holds up a wafer, giving communion during mass.
Five women lounge inside their dorm room.
A girl hangs from a tree upside down, two others stand beside her.
A group creates a human pyramid.
A group of students, including one woman looking towards the camera, stand in front of a large banner tacked onto a building that says
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A group of six kneel on the ground and huddle together.
A priest talks with a female student.
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Two people in a green and grassy field taking samples from a small stream.
A female student uses tweezers to work with a sample.
A female student in a wheelchair works with a Raman Spectroscopy.
A female student looks at a sample in a lab.
A cheer squad pose around an ND monogram bush sculpture.
A cheerleader holds her arms up holding pom poms.
A cheer squad, including the mascot leprechaun, stands in a line on a football field.
Female students in the stadium celebrate.
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