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“She is somebody who put her family and her country first,” Juhon said. “You knew that she was really studying and destined for great things, you just didn’t really anticipate it being this route.”
“I grew up believing, gratefully, that the doors of educational opportunity in this country were wide open,” she said during an address to Southern Methodist University on Jan. 28, 1966.
“Universities in this country have found it convenient to prejudge women’s potential contribution for leadership,” she said. “What I ask is that they experiment.”
Despite its small roster of only four sailors, the women’s team has been able to finish among the top five in the majority of its significant regattas. Powers, along with sophomores Emily Lambert, Marie Appel, and Alexandra Jumper—all four of whom were selected for...
During the fall, Sprague was unable to participate in many of the team’s workouts or compete for the Harvard cross-country team, which she has done in years past. The two-sport athlete was limited to moderate training on her own.