Word: notestein
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...Comstock Notestein, whose leadership as Radcliffe's first full-time president set the stage for the historic 1947 Harvard-Radcliffe merger, died last week...
Those who she worked with were uniform in their praise for Notestein, who took office in 1923 and stepped down...
Former President James B. Conant '14, who administered Harvard while Notestein led thousands of women one-quarter of a mile away, cited her "lasting contributions" to American education and to Radcliffe...
Wilbur K. Jordan, Notestein's successor, called her "one of the great women of our generation...
...Indeed, Notestein was a pioneer and her achievements enduring; under the 1947 concordat for which she laid the groundwork, Radcliffe women were first admitted to the same classes attended by Harvard students. From the founding of Radcliffe in 1891 until the merger, the College had hired Harvard instructors to repeat their classes at Radcliffe...