[Dear editor, Chancellor W. Ann Reynolds was forced…]
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Dear editor, Chancellor W. Ann Reynolds was forced to resign on April 20, 1990. She had been under fire for using taxpayers' money to grant hefty when orgaissue g in• will duraaddicamMills strike Dear editor, "Strong women, proud women! All women, Mills women!" This was the chant at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., where students successfully shut down the campus and won their demand to keep the college enrollment limited to women.
On May 3, the Trustees had announced they would start admitting male students in order to resolve the college's financial problems. Hundreds showed up that night for a meeting of students. When asked who was not willing to be arrested, only two hands went up. By 6:30 a.m. students had shut down all administrative buildings on campus and occupied the key offices.
From the beginning, students approached the staff, faculty, and alumnae for support. Within 24 hours, the majority of the alumnae were behind the students. The staff, who had been threatened with losing their jobs if they assisted the