Transcript: Opinions Strong on Female's Admission to The Citadel

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NPR All Things Considered
Article date:
June 28, 1994
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LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: In a few weeks, The Citadel will either be ordered to admit a woman or be allowed to keep her out. U.S. district court Judge Westin Houck will be ruling on a suit filed by a young woman who wants to attend The Citadel. The judge must decide if The Citadel's mission to educate and train men and only men at public expense supersedes a woman's 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the law.

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