However Merton was the second traditionally male college to elect a female Warden in 1994 .

Without this practice, nearly all of the elite, historically male colleges would be more than 80 percent female.

Then in the 1940's, military mobilization of male college students further opened the doors to women.

The College of Vestals stood on equal terms with the male priestly colleges and attended all religious banquets.

As a result, when the college re-opened, it was as an all male college.

In 1978, male college graduates 25 to 34 earned about 15 percent more than recent high school graduates.

EPC began as an all male college however females have been admitted since 1973.

It admitted its first female students in 1980 and was the second former male college to elect a female Warden (in 1994).

It's improbable that a male college would have achieved a similar effect with men or women.