In the company of educated women [videorecording]. 1988-08-29.

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In the company of educated women [videorecording]. 1988-08-29.

Interview with Solomon by Joyce Antler, professor of American Studies at Brandeis University. Solomon gives an overview of the history of the higher education of women in the United States, focusing on access to education, women's reactions to being educated, what they have gained, and ways in which academic institutions have changed over time.

1 videocassette (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

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Barbara Miller Solomon, historian, received her A.B. (1940) and Ph.D. (1953) from Radcliffe College. She was Director of the Radcliffe Seminars (1959-1963), Director of the Schlesinger Library (then the Women's Archives) (1960-1965), and first woman dean of Harvard College (Assistant Dean, 1971-1973). As Senior Lecturer in American Civilization, she taught the first courses in women's history at Harvard University. From the description of Oral history interview with Barbara Miller So...