Word: diploma
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...describing his opposition to this bill, Dean Lewis said, "I can't see any good reason" to make this change, a change we feel would acknowledge and celebrate women's full participation in Harvard College. During the month he took to decide the diploma issue, though, he declined two offers to meet or speak with the bill's sponsors. As council members who submitted a bill to Dean Lewis in good faith and offered our time and help to his decision-making process, we can only assume that he did not want to "see any good reason" why he should...
...final argument informally used by Dean Lewis to oppose the diploma bill was that it would necessitate renegotiation of the Harvard-Radcliffe agreement. As students who realize that the relationship of these two institutions continues to evolve, we expect that renegotiations of the 1977 agreement will occur as Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges see fit. It seems only logical that because female undergraduates are simultaneously enrolled in Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges upon their admission, their diplomas should reflect that. No legitimate claim can thus be made that adding the signature of Dean Lewis, representing Harvard College's recognition of its female...
...conclusion, we asked Dean Lewis to sign our bill as a statement of support for the recognition of both Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges on female undergraduate diplomas, and to work within negotiating constraints to advocate for an important change, however "modest." Now, we ask the Harvard-Radcliffe community to take notice of the fact that by stating he could find no good reason to sign the diploma bill, Dean Lewis was simply saying he could find no good reason to give his own signature to female diplomas. Female undergraduates have been waiting since 1977 for full Harvard College recognition...
...diploma bill] incited such strong grassroots action from women on campus," says council member Emma C. Cheuse...
While women stood on opposite sides of the diploma bill, the debate focused attention on women's role on the council, and sparked an increase in female membership...