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Radcliffe's 1936 exhibit celebrating women in university life


Photograph of the exhibit courtesy of Schlesinger Library/Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Amid the triumphant fanfare of the Harvard Tercentenary celebrations, Radcliffe College’s 1936 exhibit on “Women in Science” was remarkably unassuming.
The exhibit marked the first Harvard centenary to celebrate women in university life. Tucked into a second-floor room of Byerly Hall, Radcliffe’s newly inaugurated science building, it showcased the work of nearly 200 “outstanding” women in the fields of astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, and medicine.
Most displays featured women who were not household names like Marie Curie. They were scientists whose research was less earth-shattering, representing “good work which has been done […] by women who do not claim to be genius.” ....

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