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...losses in the Vassar match came at number one, Moore, and number six, Becky Miles. Moore dropped her match to a more experienced Sarah Luther...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Racquetwomen Go West, Return 3-1 | 2/22/1977 | See Source »

...matches against Amherst and Smith were easy wins. But Vassar had previously beaten Penn, a school to which Radcliffe lost, so a 5-2 victory over the New Yorkers was not a foregone conclusion...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Racquetwomen Go West, Return 3-1 | 2/22/1977 | See Source »

Friday, the racquetwomen rebounded and posted three strong victories, 7-0 over both Amherst and Smith, and 5-2 against Vassar...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Racquetwomen Go West, Return 3-1 | 2/22/1977 | See Source »

Margot McGlade, Radcliffe's number five player, had the most exciting win of the two-day spree. "I played really badly against Yale, Smith, and Amherst. Against Vassar, I was down 2-0 and I was really discouraged," McGlade said...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Racquetwomen Go West, Return 3-1 | 2/22/1977 | See Source »

...Dartmouth, Princeton and Yale to admit women to their hallowed halls early in the '70s put a great deal of pressure on the female branch of the Ivy League to follow suit and open their doors to men. Each of the Seven Sisters responded differently to that pressure: Vassar admitted men outright; Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley settled for sedate exchange programs with neighboring men's colleges; and Radcliffe and Barnard merged with their parent (male) universities. In I'm Radcliffe, Fly Me!, Livia Baker examines the success of each of the routes, and the direct effect...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Fighting Feminine Deference | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

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