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Committee Chair Peggy Schmertzler also criticized Lewis' dismissal of the proposal, calling gender-neutral language "a catalyst for change...
...Fellowship is a step in the right direction, if for nothing else than that it shows that Radcliffe is serious about eradicating issues of gender discrimination at Harvard. And as Peggy B. Schmertzler '53, one of the chairs of the alumnae committee, noted last fall in an interview, the "discrimination against women today is extremely subtle and elusive." In other words, women may not still be told to give up writing and have babies, but they may be subtly told not to go out and pursue a Ph.D. in Chemistry--especially if there are no female teaching fellows in Chemistry...
...Peggy B. Schmertzler '53, who chairs the alumnae committee, says members hope their work will draw a serious response from Rudenstine...
Dramatic steps are necessary to ensure equality for women soon, Schmertzler says...
...role is to educate and keep the issue to the fore, to encourage the students and younger alumni to be more aware of the issue," Schmertzler says...