Monday, June 15, 2026

MU relaxes women's pants rule in 1966

This is an article from the 5 Aug 1966 Columbia Missourian that says the MU rule about women not being allowed to wear pants or slacks unless the temperature was below 10 degrees was being relaxed. I started attending MU in 1964 and remember buying a full length wool coat to wear around campus to keep warm. This was also the era of mini-skirts. It is hard to believe that mini-skirts were accepted on campus but slacks were not.



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