American Civil Liberties Union Agreement what of harvard law school, he was president of volume 100 of the harvard law review some previous his latest book chronicles the Supreme Courts decision in 1927 to allow virginia to sterilize a young woman for eugenic reasons. It is called a book that takes to us a rarely remembered part heist. Cohens narrative of the thats enshined the practices is a pageturner, and the story it tells is deeply, almost physically, infuriating. Were very please to bring the conversation to Harvard Book Store testimony please join me in welcoming adam cohen. [applause] thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be here. Id like to thank Harvard Book Store for hosting a wonderful book store i used to spend a lot of time in when i was here in a previous life. And thank you all for turning out, including some old friends here. I had a book party in new york recently, and the invitation that went out automatically, as these things are now, said at the top imbeciles book
particular instance. well, times have changed, and i m here to recognize the sweet of this change and try to understand resistance to it. i m somewhat of an outsider, for the exception of my one-year job at what is now the schlesinger, and my job at the teaching. i ve lived and worked outside of harvard. ive come back many times to research. was a fellow at the radcliffe institute, as you know, and continue today my long and happy association with the schlesinger as a reader. of course, i ve studied and written about higher education in women s colleges. so my talk today will focus on these things. and i want you to pay attention for it really is complicated. i m going to talk about origins and exclusion, history and tradition, prestige and privilege, innovation, access, accommodation and invisibility. and struggle and equity. let me begin with origins and exclusion. i don t think it really began as a taboo, but rather as professor jeanie suggested, though perhaps exaggerated
university for advanced study. i m dean lizabeth cohen, and i m delighted you could join us for this lecture by helen lefkowitz horowitz, that we at the institute have been happy since helen accepted our offer to speak last year. this lecture was first conceived of when harvard began planning it s 375th anniversary celebration. the president and i discussed how the radcliffe institute could make an intellectual contribution to this historic occasion. and just as important to the two of us, both u.s. historians, how the history of women at harvard might be well represented in the course of the anniversary year. because drew was very committed to having this lecture today and worked with me to plan it, she wanted to join us here to welcome helen and to welcome all of you. so i m very pleased to invite up here now someone who in this crowd needs no introduction. our own harvard president drew faust. [ applause ] thank you. i m just delighted to be here, and i m delighted to se
she looks at the opposition they faced. the radcliffe institute for advanced study at harvard university posted this 90-minute event. welcome to the radcliffe university for advanced study. i m dean lizabeth cohen, and i m delighted you could join us for this lecture by helen lefkowitz horowitz, that we at the institute have been happy since helen accepted our offer to speak last year. this lecture was first conceived of when harvard began planning it s 375th anniversary celebration. the president and i discussed how the radcliffe institute could make an intellectual contribution to this historic occasion. and just as important to the two of us, both u.s. historians, how the history of women at harvard might be well represented in the course of the anniversary year. because drew was very committed to having this lecture today and worked with me to plan it, she wanted to join us here to welcome helen and to welcome all of you. so i m very pleased to invite up here now someon
this lecture by helen lefkowitz horowitz, that we at the institute have been happy since helen accepted our offer to speak last year. this lecture was first conceived of when harvard began planning it s 375th anniversary celebration. the president and i discussed how the radcliffe institute could make an intellectual contribution to this historic occasion. and just as important to the two of us, both u.s. historians, how the history of women at harvard might be well represented in the course of the anniversary year. because drew was very committed to having this lecture today and worked with me to plan it, she wanted to join us here to welcome helen and to welcome all of you. so i m very pleased to invite up here now someone who in this crowd needs no introduction. our own harvard president drew faust. [ applause ] thank you. i m just delighted to be here, and i m delighted to see so many of you gathered and so many familiar faces in the audience. as liz has said, it seemed