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Fifteen years later, in 1966, the majority of Harvard students were still opposed to allowing women into Lamont...
...things changed after female undergraduates were allowed to use Lamont for two weeks in the fall of 1966 during the construction of the new library for women, Hilles Library in the Radcliffe Quadrangle...
Afterwards, Dean of the Faculty Franklin L. Ford '48 announced that the administrators had determined that use of the library by women did not pose any serious problems. His announcement sparked a spirited controversy, with letters to the editor back and forth persuading Lamont to let women in or "keep the girls...
...fall of 1967, the debate was ended when women were allowed permanent access to Lamont...
Current Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70-'73 recalls being in the first class allowed to use Lamont for all four of her undergraduate years. For her, she says, the issue did not spark political embitterment as it did for some...