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...students who actively resist being involved with a women's community because they think it somehow admits to not being a "Harvard person," President of Radcliffe College Matina S. Horner says that Radcliffe makes a real committment to its students, "not as a separatist issue but out of a real belief in the talents of women...
...Horner equates the attitude of those who feel associating with Radcliffe is a sign of weakness with immigrants who change their names in an effort to assimilate. "It's denying one's identity in order to feel full and equal," she says...
...lack of communication is another obstacle in creating a sense of Radcliffe community. Horner says, "I don't think we can ever expect women to take advantage of something they don't know about...
...rules for women were changing at lightning speed. They had begun thinking about career before family. But finding themselves post-hippy pioneers thrust onto an unfamiliar and uncomfortable fast track, they often faltered. Radcliffe President Matina Horner's theories about women's fear of success were hitting the front pages, and post-combat-era feminists were uneasily trying to negotiate between the gender and generation gaps...
...Horner said she was concerned that recent press attention to racist incidents at college campuses could discourage minority students from schools like Harvard...