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When Peggy B. Schmertzler '53 returned for her 35th Radcliffe Reunion, she had some questions about what life was like today at Harvard-Radcliffe...
...seems, to change. Perhaps one of the most disturbing aspects of Harvard today for Schmertzler and her classmates is that, in some areas of College life, time has stood stock still. "The discrimination against women today is extremely subtle and elusive," says Schmertzler. "It's not nearly as blatant as it was in the '50s. Nevertheless, the lack of women faculty diminishes female students and prevents them from reaching their full potential...
Radcliffe, although initially silent on the issue, has joined forces with Schmertzler's committee. A recent fundraising drive raised $62.576 for the establishment of a new fellowship for junior faculty women at Radcliffe's Bunting Institute. The hope is that the fellowship will place at least a few female scholars in the tenure track...
...35th reunion we wanted to know whether Harvard was as sexist as it was in our day," said Schmertzler, of the Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard (CEWH...
...Schmertzler and her reunited classmates said they weren't impressed with what they found here. So they formed CEWH in response...