Word: silk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sister Mary Ann, the maid of honor-down the steps from the Blue Room balcony and into the garden, where the President gave his daughter away before the small wrought-iron gazebo painted white. Her gown, by Priscilla of Boston, was an elegant white silk organdy. The all-lace bodice was molded to show her tiny waist and scalloped at the wide V neckline. Altogether, the gown was striking and sophisticated, a departure from the little-girl fashions for which Tricia has sometimes been criticized...
...further urge our classmates to recognize the importance of the whole question of women at Harvard, and to support the protest by wearing the armbands and silk screenings that have been distributed during the past week...
Radcliffe women will pin to the backs of their gowns a silk-screened stencil of the female biological symbol with either a fist or an equals sign inside the circle to dramatize their protest. Harvard men and others supporting the demand will wear armbands with an equals sign stenciled...
Over 90 per cent of the Radcliffe women who are wearing caps and gowns have picked up the silk-screened stencils. Organizers of the protest made 1100 armbands, and by noon yesterday less than 10 were left...
About 75 per cent of the Radcliffe Class of 1971 who wore caps and gowns-about 200 altogether-went through with a peaceful protest for equal admissions between Harvard and Radcliffe by pinning silk-screened biological symbols to the backs of their gowns...