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Founded in 1968 by a referendum of Radcliffe women, RUS replaced Radcliffe's former student government, the Radcliffe Government Association--a body students complained failed to provide them with a voice in college affairs...
Once the student government for female undergraduates, many Harvard women say RUS no longer represents them--an assessments RUS leaders do not contest. And RUS members say they do not strive to be a voice for women on campus...
More importantly for them, RUS leaders say the organization creates a community of women which would not otherwise be available at Harvard...
...even as Radcliffe reconsiders its status as a college, RUS maintains that the organization will remain relevant for women on campus...
According to former RUS Board member Adina H. Rosenbaum '98, who has conducted research on RUS history, RUS spent its early years facing down Radcliffe administrators on issues ranging from the right of Radcliffe women to hold protests to the removal of grades from Radcliffe report cards...