Word: gilles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gill reportedly shoved a Harvard policeman out of the way, pushed open the gates, and led the crowd onto the wide expanse of lawn in front of the residence...
...Gill herself recalled her role in the action, but argued that it was legal because she never strayed off public property...
Several observers of the scene go so far as to trace to Gill one of the six demands of the 1969 University Hall takeover and the ensuing strike--that Harvard cease its alleged expansion in Cambridge and Roxbury. This seems a bit far-fetched, but Gill undoubtedly had some influence on the SDS community policy...
Recollections of Gill's role in the occupation and its stormy aftermath are hazy. Several observers did not recall her having participated in the actions, but a Crimson article reports that she was in the vanguard of a group of several hundred SDSers that stormed Pusey's Quincy St. residence a few days before the occupation...
...rate, Gill became less visible after SDS acrimoniously split into two factions at its June 1969 national converntion. She said the FBI directed her to "oscillate between" the two Harvard factions, but she found the fluctuation between the two groups difficult...