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Since the early 1970s, Radcliffe--under Horner--has developed a series of academic programs designed to foster what many call "a community" of women scholars. Most prominent among these programs are the president's much-touted scholarly centers, including the Bunting Institute, the Murray Research Center and the Schlesinger Library...
...Bunting Institute provides funding and office space for younger women scholars seeking to attain recognition, the Murray Research Center acts as a clearinghouse for research on all facets of women's experience, and the Schlesinger Library for the History of Women in America holds one of the foremost women's studies research collections in the country...
...Jacquelyn B. James, a research associate at the Murray Center, says, "the thing that feels different is there really is a supporting community of women...
...although Horner has resisted engaging in issues directly relating to women faculty hiring at Harvard, she says the Bunting Institute represents a way of increasing the tenure opportunities for women nationwide by providing them with year-long fellowships to research and write...
Although the Bunting Institute was not given its official name until 1978, the research facility was founded by former Radcliffe President Mary I. Bunting in 1960. At that time, according to the institute's Assistant Director Ann Bookman, the program only gave part-time fellowships, accommodating married women just returning to the workforce...