Word: radcliffee
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But some alumnae say Radcliffe didn't adequately prepare them for the real world, where they faced more limited opportunities than their Harvard counterparts. "We all hoped to be able to combine career and family, but when we got out and faced reality, there was a severe reassessment. A lot...
Although many alumnae praise Radcliffe forsupporting women's professional endeavors, some ofthem point out that they received less supportthan their Harvard classmates.
Forty percent of the 151 alumnae who respondedto a 25th reunion poll conducted by Radcliffe saidthey now work in the field of education; 14percent work in health and human services; 15percent are in business; 7 percent are in law, 9percent work in the arts, 3 percent work inbusiness and 11...
Although Radcliffe students in the early 1960scould plan on having some sort of a career, theywere not expected to provide for themselves. "Iremember one dean told us that our advantage layin the fact we were not main wage earners. So wehad the intellectual freedom to explore thepossibilities that men might...
Radcliffe women of the early 1960s say theywere not supposed to allow this intellectualfreedom to interfere with their family lives. "Itwasn't the norm for women to have their career andchildbearing all at once," remembers Ann BoodyMorgan '61. "The women I knew raised theirfamilies first, then had careers." And Heywood...