The New York Times: In Scotland, New Leadership Crumbles Old Barrier
THIS quiet town on the North Sea is the home of golf and the storied Royal and Ancient club, which makes the rules for the sport but does not admit women as members. For the 255 years since the club’s founding this was not a problem. It is now, however, since another of the town’s renowned institutions, the University of St. Andrews, named Louise Richardson, an Irish-American, as its president; her two immediate predecessors had been made honorary members of the golf club.
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