Word: woman
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...there will be left about $1,000,000. A part of this $1,000,000 will be used for increasing the annuity of Mrs. Fayerweather, for making extra payments to the three nieces, and for lawyers' fees. The remainder will then be divided into ten shares, of which the Woman's Hospital will take five, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia one each. According to this division Harvard will receive between $50,000 and $100,000, but as yet it is impossible to say when the estate will be distributed...
...cite examples of college friends who have had every advantage of education and surroundings, and yet have gone to the bad? And should one expect better things of the Indian? Can a settlement of Indians be very vicious where it is perfectly safe for a single woman to live alone and teach, far away from white friends or acquaintances...
...society is yet in its infancy, and its plans are larger at present than its resources. One certificate has, however, already been issued. It was given to a woman, a Miss Sanders, for proficiency in astronomy. Her examination paper is said to have been remarkably excellent...
...Woman's Work in Science" is cursory but comprehensive and reviews the scientific work of woman from the times of Hypatia to those of learned Annex maidens...
...Mary Copley Thaw who has specified that the first holder of the fellowship shall be Miss Fletcher; and that she shall retain it as long as she lives and carries on her work among the Indians. This establishes for the first time in Harvard University a fellowship for a woman. The fellowship is also to go to Miss Fletcher's successor, to be used in philanthropic and scientific work among the North American Indians...