Radcliffe College Founded (1879)
The "Harvard Annex" opened in 1879 to give women Harvard’s instruction without Harvard’s degree — a half-measure that produced Helen Keller, Gertrude Stein and a century of pressure until full merger in 1999.
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Look for the older layer before you move on. This object is connected to more than its facade suggests.Radcliffe Yard →Cambridge History DeskLocal historian
Look for the older layer before you move on. This object is connected to more than its facade suggests.Radcliffe Yard →
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- Date
- 1879
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