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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 6, 1964
Man-Woman Ratio May Fall by 1975
KU women graduates of 1965 are lucky. They are getting away from Lawrence before the big boom starts.
The big boom is the increase in women expected to happen in the next ten years at KU, if present enrollment figures are any guide to the future.
For this school year women are still outnumbered by a good majority but it won't be that way for long.
The fall session this year has 7,700 men to 4,400 women which is a ratio of 1.76 to 1. Although this ratio may not seem bad to men students, it has been steadily decreasing since 1957 when the ratio was 2.5 men to each woman. There were 6,200 men and 2,400 women during that year.
The 1964 ratio is the lowest ever of men to women. Even back in 1922, there were twice as many men as women.
The best time for women at KU, of course, was during the post war years when there were an average of 3.5 men for every woman. This big jump was due to the large number of veterans who returned to college after the war on the GI Bill.
SMASH THE HUSKERS
But before the war things were different around here. In 1943 and 1944 there were many more women than men at KU. This is the only period when women have truly had the men outnumbered at KU.
Unfortunately for KU women the statistics tell a sad story. If the present trend continues, by 1975 there will probably be a 1 to 1 ratio on campus. Fellows, that means one woman for each of you... just one.
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