--- title: Harvard University: Elite Fox Club Will be All-Male Again description: Harvard University's historic Fox Club ended its co-ed status after two years by revoking the provisional membership of nine women canonical: https://time.com/4844642/harvards-prestigious-fox-club-will-be-all-male-again/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-04T21:42:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:46.824Z og:title: Harvard’s Fox Club Kicks Women Out After 2 Years Of Inclusivity og:description: Male alums made the controversial decision to reverse course og:url: https://time.com/4844642/harvards-prestigious-fox-club-will-be-all-male-again/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e15f043e8be688c/6988d4687cdbac8a60d59100/gettyimages-678715944.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: harvard-fox-club og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harvard’s Fox Club Kicks Women Out After 2 Years Of Inclusivity twitter:description: Male alums made the controversial decision to reverse course twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e15f043e8be688c/6988d4687cdbac8a60d59100/gettyimages-678715944.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Harvard’s Fox Club Kicks Women Out After 2 Years Of Inclusivity > Sponsored content. 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The Johnston Gate at Harvard Yard in Cambridge, MA is pictured on May 4, 2017. Photograph by Craig F. Walker—Getty/The Boston Globe by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jul 4, 2017 9:42 PM UTC [Harvard University’s](http://motto.time.com/4557553/harvard-university-soccer-suspension/) historic Fox Club ended its co-ed status after two years by revoking the provisional memberships of nine women. The graduate board, which revoked the memberships, is only allowing men to re-apply, Harvard’s school newspaper [The _Crimson_ reported.](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/7/4/fox-club-all-male-again/) The move comes after efforts to integrate the women as full members repeatedly failed to garner enough votes in August 2016 and May 2017, according to the report. The women were [given provisional membership in October 2015](http://time.com/4088301/exclusive-harvard-club-women/). No other women were admitted in the next class the following year. [Harvard](http://time.com/money/4808730/billionaires-richest-harvard-graduates-alumni/) has asked that all clubs become gender neutral. 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