Over ten years later, in 1990 the eating clubs were defined as "public accommodation" and court ordered to become co-ed due to the efforts of Sally Frank, her attorney Nadine Taub and the Women's Rights Litigation Clinic of Rutgers Law School.
The eating clubs argued that they were completely private and separate from the university, giving them the right to sex discrimination.
In the 1980s the clubs sold shirts featuring a picture of Frank's face, given a mustache and the slogan "Better Dead Than Coed.
[6][5][7] Eating clubs initially grew out of the university's ban on fraternities in the late 1800s and the lack of dining options on campus.
When she returned her junior year, she registered to bicker again knowing it would make her case stronger if she had been rejected after multiple attempts.
Later the same year, Frank filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stating that the university endorsed a discriminatory policy by providing security and maintenance for the eating clubs.
During the rest of her time there she endured verbal and physical harassment, including frequently receiving obscene phone calls from Cottage members.
Frank recalled the Tiger Inn lawyer wearing Playboy bunny suspenders to a settlement conference.
[6] Frank went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law and became her own co-counsel in the ongoing suit.
In 1985 the N.J. Division on Civil Rights finally ruled that the clubs were not private because they were bound by "historical, not just superficial ties.
The judge who heard the countersuit, Robert Miller, stated that the clubs could sever formal ties with the university and remain all-male.
Just before the decisions, though, the university expressed public support for Frank and agreed to pay her attorney fees in a settlement.
Tiger Inn and Ivy Club remained male-only and continued to push back, appealing the decision again.
[6] On campus students continued the fight, including founding the organization "Coalition for Coeducated Eating Clubs."
In 2014, two student officers in Tiger Inn were removed from their positions for emails they sent, one with a sexually explicit photograph and the other about Sally Frank herself.