![Oka Doner poses with her ceramics work in a black and white photo taken for the MFA brochure in 1967.](https://stamps.imgix.net/images/news/56D0BCEC-3B0D-4A34-AA6E-113C6655322A.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&cs=srgb&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5395&fp-y=0.2425&h=960&imgixProfile=default&q=80&w=1200)
Groundbreakers
In the early days of art and design education at the University of Michigan, opportunities for women beyond earning a bachelor degree were non-existent. The revolution began in the 1960 as a new generation dared to challenge the status quo. Read the stories of Michele Oka Doner, Peggy Cloy, Ruth Weisberg, and Rene Murray, who led the way for the women of the Stamps School.