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...like others, was unsuccessfully fighting a trend which began in 1879 and has culminated today in coordinate Radcliffe-Harvard education. David McCord's informal history of the Annex traces this gradual integration with the University, but concludes that by its individuality the College is still "anchored against the whole teaching force of Harvard...
...series of anecdotes describes the Annex's early struggle against a storm of masculine protest. But McCord notes that a "satisfying outburst of remonstrance and expostulation" at the idea of higher education for women subsided very quickly in the Cambridge community. The earliest bluestockings "showed ladylike behavior in all respects," he writes, citing an early report from one of the College's founders which states, "We have had as yet no flighty students...
McCord emphasizes Radcliffe's growth as an institution with separate traditions of its own. It was known as the Annex from its beginnings in 1879, and adopted its present name in 1882 when an agreement giving it formal status was signed with Harvard. Radcliffe, the maiden name of an early donor to the University, was suggested as appropriate "because of a certain picturesqueness...
...Annex, which does not give honorary degrees, cited seven distinguished alumnae for outstanding contributions and heard short addresses from Harvard President Nathan M. Pusey, Ada C. Notestein, President Emerita of Radcliffe, and two of the citation recipients...
...Seventy-five years ago, Radcliffe was the Annex, and now we are beginning to wonder who has been annexed," he said...