Word: historyes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's newest history course moves at a slightly faster pace than most of the department's other offerings--160 years on the average, each and every week.
"That kind of caution is fine and good--youhave to be prudent but it's a two-edged sword,"says Professor of History Steven Ozment. "Cautionand prudence can lead you to dawdle to a pointwhere no change occurs."
Finally this year a new junior professor has been hired to teach the muchneeded women's history courses. But the message sent by the two-year hiatus couldn't be clearer: simply put, it isn't a priority here.
Creating a community based on women's history is not always possible at an institution--at any institution--which glosses over the contributions of women. For that reason, among others, women consistently find that they have a harder time making a place for themselves here, whether at student publications or...
But still, hope cannot be completely consigned to the gradual process of building a history of women's accomplishments at Harvard. Rather, as women name themselves, give voice to their contributions, such a community can be made to flourish.