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Melissa E.B. Franklin is used to being at the forefront of particle physics: Discover Magazine described her as one of “the most important women in science” in November 2002. But earlier this week, Franklin, who holds the Mallinckrodt chair in physics at Harvard, found herself at the cutting edge of the English language when—in an interview with the Boston Globe—she described University President Lawrence H. Summers’ remarks on women in science as a “resignable thing...
Melissa E.B. Franklin, the Mallinckrodt professor of physics, who has been one of the president’s most vehement critics this week, called Summers’ letter “a great step forward...
...There are probably quite a few members of the Harvard faculty who actually believe that there is an innate difference between girls and boys in science skill,” Franklin said. “Now that this is brought up, maybe all the ensuing discussion will be able to convince those people otherwise...
That Americans should feel so protective of Social Security reflects the central role it has come to play in their lives, their expectations and their peace of mind. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed it into law in August 1935, he didn't use the word crisis because he didn't have to: 20% of the country was out of work, and no one was poorer than the elderly. "We can never insure 100% of the population against 100% of the hazards and vicissitudes of life, but we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection...
...Golden Age of train travel, found low-paying but long-term work--and deep respect in the black community--catering to the whims of passengers in Pullman sleeping cars; in Los Angeles. Among the riders for whom Smock shined shoes, cooked and ran errands were President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor...